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3. (i) CLOSET ACCOMMODATION,
The closets in the Borough are on the water carriage
system.
(ii) PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The removal and disposal of house refuse is the responsibility
of the Borough Purveyor, who states that the refuse, after
salvage has been extracted, is disposed of partly by burning and
partly by tipping, the percentage being approximately 20 and 80
respectively. Some 96 tons of salvage material are extracted
each month, including waste food for pig feeding which in prewar
years was deposited in the ashbins.
The siting of the pig food bins caused difficulty from
time to time. Complaints were received from the occupiers
of a few houses outside of which bins were sited, and the complaints
were usually accompanied by a request that the bins
should be removed and be replaced outside other houses, rhe
complaints were dealt with as diplomatically as possible, but
the experience thus far gained indicates that if the collection
of waste food is to be continued on a more or less permanent
basis, some better scheme will need to be devised, particularly
during periods of hot weather.
(iii) SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA,
(a) The following is a tabulated list of visits and
inspections:-
Inspection of Houses, etc. 1,037
Inspection of Drainage 172
Reinspections and Works in Progress 2,713
Special Inspection of Properties in
Fernhill Gardens Area 187
Inspection of Properties for vacant
Accommodation 213
Factories, etc. 112
Outworkers 12
Dairies, etc. 105
Food Premises 567
I.D. Enquiries 135
Common Lodging Houses 20
Theatres 6
Verminous Premises 53
Rodent Control 411
Shop Acts 138
Housing Act (Permitted numbers) 149
Housing Act (Applications) 437
Building Licence Applications 29
Schools 6
Smoke Observations 18 .
Miscellaneous 416
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lb) (c) The number of notices served and the result of
the action taken is shown by the following statistical statements.
It should be pointed out that the number of notices
Complaint with is not strictly comparable with the number served
is the former number may include notices which were served in
a previous year.