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4. CLOSET ACCOMMODATION.
All the closets in connection with dwelling houses in the
borough are on the water carriage system,,
5. PUBLIC CLEANSINGo
The collection and disposal of house and trade refuse
is the responsibility of the Borough Surveyor who states that
the disposal methods of burning and tipping have continued
during the year. Salvaged material recovered monthly was
approximately 67-tons (including waste food suitable for pig
feeding)
The Corporation is under 'irection'to collect waste
food which is conveyed to Twickenham for conversion into pigfoodc
Despite efforts which have been made to ensure satisfactory
sanitary conditions at collecting points in the
streets, complaints from nearby residents continued to be
received,, The bins are often upset and the contents strewn
over footpaths and roadway.
It remains an urgent necessity for all available waste
food to be salvaged but the need for a more hygienic system
than the one in use is equally essential.
The individual collecting pail system which was tried
out in a small area of the town has not been extended.
It is pleasing to note that no nuisance arose during the
year from insects at the tip face, and* although the eradication
of insects such as crickets is never an easy matter,
it would appear that the steps taken in past years have
proved completely successful.
6. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The following is a tabulated list of visits and inspections
which totalled 8,58 compared with 7,52 the previous
year:-
Houses, etc 785
Drainage 996
Reinspections and Works in Progress 3902
Factories 258
Outworkers 26
Dairies, etc. 22
Food Premises 1372
I.D.Enquiries 124
Theatres 7
Verminous Premises 57
Rodent Control 91
Shops Act 335
Schools 5
Visits re Well Water Supplies 2
Housing Inspections (Consolidated
Housing Regulations) 184
Housing Act 27
Markets 52
Miscellaneous 13
8,258