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5. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
The Borough Surveyor is responsible for the collection and
disposal of house and trade refuse. Disposal is carried out bytipping
into a worked-out gravel pit provided by the haulage
contractor.
The refuse from this Borough, Surbiton and Maiden is transferred
to large capacity road vehicles and transported to the tip by
the contractor. The refuse is weighed on a weighbridge and 12,409
tons of refuse were sent from this Borough in 1961.
6. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The following is a tabulated list of visits and inspections
made by the Public Health Inspectors which totalled 7,500 as compared
with 8,629 for 1960.
House inspections, defects, etc 400
Drainage 420
Factories 134
Outworkers 29
Atmospheric Pollution 147
Dairies, milk shops, etc 181
Food Premises 780
Restaurants and Cafes 313
Infectious disease enquiries 95
Cinemas 6
Verminous premises 24
Rodent C ontrol 24
Shops Act 138
Schools 16
Housing Act 32
Markets 703
Public sanitary conveniences 41
Fireguards 34
Merehandi se Marks Act 248
Intervaiews 439
Miscellaneous 1,066
Smoke Control Inspections 744
Smoke Control Revisits 57
6,091
Reinspections and works in progress 1,409
17.500