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6. PUBLIC CLEANSING.
Domestic refuse is being collected once weekly throughout
the District by the Council's vehicles and labour. A fleet of seven
compressing type refuse collection vehicles is constantly employed,
supplemented by further vehicles for special collections, including a
free service of removing bulky articles (e.g. mattresses, bedsteads etc.)
on request from householders.
This free service cannot be stressed too much as it is
provided to combat the other alternative of tipping old mattresses etc.
into ditches or on to forest land.
Trade refuse is also collected, a charge related to actual
cost being made only for refuse, the character of which is clearly not
domestic.
Refuse is at present disposed of by controlled tipping at a
tip within the District where a bulldozer levels, compacts and, with inert
material, covers the refuse. The area exposed at any one time is kept
to a low minimum and measures are taken against flies and vermin as may
be necessary from time to time.
The present tip will be filled in a few years and so long
term arrangements for future refuse disposal are now under consideration.
Salvage of paper and rags continues to produce sales. A
modern salvage building complete with a new mechanical paper baling press
has been provided at the Depot, Rectory Lane, Loughton.
Road gullies in adopted roads are emptied (and re-sealed with
clean water) by machine three times during the year by contract.
7. SANITARY INSPECTION OF THE AREA.
The following statistics show the work of the Public Health
Inspectors during the years-
(a) 1,061 complaints were received and dealt with.
/(b)
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