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Salvage of paper and rags produced sales during the year
of 558 tons.
Kitchen waste collected from Schools and Industrial Canteens
has continued to be taken to Tottenham Plant for processing,
the total so disposed of during the year being 162 tons.
Road gullies (in adopted district roads) have been emptied
and re-sealed with clean water by machine three times during
the year by contract.
(iii) Sanitary Inspection of the Area
An outline of the work of the Sanitary Inspectors is shown
below:—
Complaints received and dealt with 868
Inspections and visits 6101
Nuisances abated 456
Informal Notices served 80
Informal Notices complied with 83
Statutory Notices served 19
Statutory Notices complied with 14
Legal Proceedings 3
Summary of Nuisances
Drains blocked or defective 232
Defective water closets 16
Defective water supply pipes 6
Nuisances from animals and birds 15
Polluted ditches, watercourses and ponds 4
Accumulation of refuse and defective dustbins 43
Vermin (bugs and fleas) 10
Cellars flooded 7
Insect infestations 39
Bees, wasps and hornets 63
Bats 5
Air pollution 16
(iv) Verminous Premises
Four houses were found to be verminous during the year,
three of these were infested with bed bugs and the other with
fleas. Two houses were privately owned, one by the London
County Council at Debden and one by the Chigwell Council on
the River Estate.
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