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One replacement vehicle was also purchased during the year, and this
also was fitted with a diesel engine.
The net cost per ton for the disposal of refuse was 5/9d. as
compared with 6/lOd. in the previous year and 4/8d. for the year
ended March, 1956.
The net expenditure for the collection and disposal of refuse
and salvage, including loan charges, was £22,862 or 37/5d. per ton
as against £22,193 or 36/lOd. per ton for the previous year.
The three 24-cell Morrison Electric Trucks used in connection
with street cleansing, continue to function satisfactorily. They
have now been in continuous use for five years and new batteries of
238 ampere/hours capacity each were provided to each vehicle during
the year.
Road gullies were cleansed by contract as in the previous year,
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, but wilful damage continued at the
three conveniences which have not full-time attendants.