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A small area of Buckhurst Hill drains into the sewers of the London
Borough of Redbridge at Woodford, thence via Chingford and to the East
Middlesex Scheme. Part of Chigwell Row drains to the London Boroughs of
Redbridge and Barking.
There are four outlying pumping stations lifting the flow from
low lying areas up to the main gravity sewers.
5. 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 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
onto forest land.
Trade refuse also is 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 in Chigwell
at a site leased to the Council. The refuse is covered with spoil, hardcore
or other innocuous filling, and during tipping, only a very small surface of
refuse remains uncovered. Measures are taken against flies, etc., as necessary
from time to time, but this rarely happens.
This tip will be filled during the next few years. Further and
more long term arrangements for refuse disposal will have to be made at great
cost to the ratepayers if the other local controlled tip sites are not made
available,
Salvage of paper continues to produce sales during the year. New
trailers are to be purchased for attachment to the refuse vehicles so that
salvage can be better pre-separated before tipping.
Nearly 5,000 road gullies in County and District roads are emptied
(and re-sealed with clean water) by machine regularly during the year by
contract.
6. SANITARY INSPECTIONS OF THE AREA.
The following statistics indicate the work of the Public Health
Inspectors and Rodent Operator during the year.
(a) 1,364 complaints were received and dealt with.
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