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11.
Street eleansing methods continued to give rise to serious
consideration during the year and it became clear that the mechanical
road sweeper was not suited to a Borough which was provided with so
many miles of grass verges. Firstly the mecharical sweeper could not
cope with the growth of weeds in the channels and secondly it could not
deal with the sweeping of footpaths. For these reasons the Council
ultimately decided that the mechanical road sweeper should he abandoned and
'team' sweeping should be instituted in the Borough, utilizing three 24
cell Morrison Electric Trucks, with a driver and three orderlies to each
Truck. At the time of writing this Report the electric vehicles have
not been delivered and it is, therefore, not possible to comment on the
efficiency of the new scheme. During the year street cleansing was
carried out by the use of the Lewin Road Sweeper and nine street orderlies
and the general condition of the streets may be said to have been
satisfactory.
Road gullies were cleansed by contract as in previous years,
those gullies in main roads being cleansed four times per year and those
in district roads twice per year.
The public sanitary conveniences were maintained in good condition
throughout the year. As mentioned in the previous Report the Council's
programme for the rebuilding of sanitary conveniences in the Borough was
partly fulfilled by the opening of a new convenience at Chingford Hatch.
The new convenience at Rangers Road was not completed during the year
under review, but was under construction as was a further new convenience
at Green Farm.
It will be observed that new forms of Costing Returns are
included in this Report as directed by the Minister of Housing and
Local Government.