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Chingford 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chingford]
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The number of milk bottles which were salved at the works
again increased, being 51,840, as against 44,352 in the previous
year. Here, at least, it is clear that the number of such bottles
either thrown into dustbins or left lying about in the streets
definitely increases with the growth in population.
On the 1st April, 1938, the Council instituted a new system
for the collection of trade refuse charges, in lieu of the sale of
tickets. This merely consisted of the assessment at the commence'
ment of each quarter of the number of bins to be collected, when
an account was sent to each trader participating in the scheme; the
rate remained the same as in previous years, namely 3d. per bin.
Accounts were amended for each succeeding quarter in accordance
with the actual number of bins collected.
Table showing costs for the year ended 31st March, 1939
| Item. | Particulars | I—Collection | II— Disposal | Total | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Including Depreciation or Loan charges | Excluding Loan charges etc. | Including Depreciation or Loan charges | Excluding Loan charges etc. | Including Depreciation or Loan charges | Excluding Loan charges etc. | ||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | ||||||
| Revenue Account | (See Note a) | (See Note a) | (See Note a) | ||||||||||
| A | Gross expenditure | 2914 | 2667 | 2564 | 2162 | 5478 | 4829 | ||||||
| B | Gross income | 79 | 79 | 1460 | 1460 | 1539 | 1539 | ||||||
| C | Net cost | 2835 | 2588 | 1104 | 702 | 3939 | 3290 | ||||||
| Unit Costs | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| D | Gross expenditure per ton | 7 | 10¼ | 7 | 2¼ | 6 | 10¾ | 5 | 9¾ | 14 | 9¼ | 13 | 0 |
| E | Gross income, per ton ... | 2½ | 3 | 11¼ | 3 | 11¼ | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |||
| F | Net cost, per ton | 7 | 7¾ | 6 | 11¾ | 2 | 11½ | 1 | 10½ | 10 | 7¼ | 8 | 10 |
| G | Net cost, per 1,000 population .......... | £ 76 | £ 69 | £ 29 | £ 19 | £ 105 | £ 88 | ||||||
| H | Net cost, per 1,000 houses or premises from which refuse is collected | 247 | 225 | 96 | 61 | 343 | 286 | ||||||
1. Total refuse collected (in tons) 7,421
2. Population (Mid Year) 37,510
3. Weight per 1,000 population per day
(in cwts.) 10.8
4. Number of occupied houses and
premises (end of year, 1938) 11,500
Note.—(a) "Loan charges" include interest on loans; repayment of loans:
revenue contributions to capital outlay and capital receipts.
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