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(ii) Public Cleansing—
House refuse is removed weekly by covered motor vans under
contract. The refuse is disposed of at the contractors' own tip near the
district boundary, the contract requiring that the precautions and
methods of controlled tipping shall be adopted.
Butchers' offal and refuse from fish shops is disposed of at the tip
adjoining Loughton Sewage Works, being delivered there by the
tradesmen and dealt with under the Engineer and Surveyor's instructions.
A small charge is made for the facilities given. Putrescible
refuse from greengrocers' shops is deposited at this tip also but is
dealt with without charge.
During the late summer months, considerable trouble was
experienced from fly nuisance in the neighbourhood of the refuse tip at
Buckhurst Hill, a number of complaints being received from the
occupiers of adjoining houses.
The tip was kept under constant supervision by this department
and amongst the measures taken to alleviate the nuisance were the
following:—
(1) Pamphlets advising the occupiers how they could co-operate
in exterminating flies were distributed to all houses in
the vicinity of the tip.
(2) Borax was supplied free, on application, to these
holders.
(3) The tip itself was sprayed daily with water containing
borax on those parts of it in which the trouble arose.
(4) Every effort was made to speed up the covering of the
deposited refuse.
The contractors, Messrs. W. & C. French, Ltd., co-operated in the
work, and the nuisance gradually ceased as the weather became cooler.
Salvage has received considerable attention during the year and
efforts to increase the quantity of useful material have met with
considerable success. Collection of salvage is done with the refuse
collection and by the same contractor. Trailers are attached for paper
and arrangements are made to keep the more important materials
separate.
Road gullies (in streets under the Council's control) are emptied
by a mechanical suction process. The gullies are cleared three times
in each year and are re-sealed with clean water after each emptying.