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The following 9 houses also, in Clearance Areas were
demolished :—
Nos. 25, & 27, Brook Street.
No. 57, Canbury Passage.
Nos. 1, & 2, Francis Place.
Nos. 82, 84, & 86, Hawks Road.
No. 1 Orchard Road.
Whilst it is but right that old worn out cottages should
be demolished to make room for new ones, yet cottages
which can be given a useful life of even five or ten years
by a reasonable amount of repair should be saved—
provided of course, that they do not form part of an area
which should be cleared. In furtherance of this policy
376 houses were repaired during the year.
ASH RECEPTACLES AND REFUSE COLLECTION.
It must be expected that by reason of continuous
and close supervision of ash receptacles in the Borough
over a good few years now, the number of renewals
required annually will be reduced gradually. The average
annual number for the past five years was 214, but during
1935 the number dropped to 124. This may be taken
as an indication that almost every house has a proper
portable refuse bin and the new bins are actually renewals
and not replacement of old boxes or baths by approved
receptacles.
The arrangement whereby the dust collectors report
houses where the ashbins are defective or insufficient
continues to prove of great help.
Although it is possible to require every house to be
provided with an ashbin, it is impracticable to enforce every
occupier to use the receptacle in a proper manner. Too
little thought is given to the ashbin. which may often prove
a serious cause for complaint especially in warm weather.
Only two complaints of the presence of excessive
numbers of flies were received, but if all refuse were to be
properly stored pending collection and disposal by the local
authority the numbers of flies could be very much reduced.