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5. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The Borough Surveyor Is responsible for the collection
and disposal of house and trade refuse® He states
that the disposal method of tipping into a worked out
gravel pit situated at Thorpe. Egham. was completed at the
end of May. Since that date refuse from this Borough and
the Borough of Surbiton has been transported by road to a
dry gravel pit at West Drayton. Middlesex. in large
vehicles from the central loading point situated at the
Kingston Refuse Destructor. Villiers Road.
Maiden and Ctoora.be Borough Council who also tipped
refuse at the Egham tip have. since the 1st June. 1954$.
disposed of their refuse at their Blagdon Road tip and will
rejoin the scheme when this has been filled®
The new loading bay will be operating in 1955. and is
intended to reduce to a minimum nuisance arising from the
loading of refuse..
Approximately l4.200 tons of refuse per annum is sent
from this Borough.
A small quantity of suitable trade refuse. together
with road sweepings and scarified material. is disposed of
by controlled tipping in the old bed of the Hogsmill River.
The Corporation. refuse destructor has not operated sine.
1st March 1951. During the year no complaints were received
in respect of any refuse tip in the Borough.

NOTICES SERVEDe
Informalo
(a) Verbal 134
(b) Written 424