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With the exception of a few isolated cottages on the North
side of the Borough, the whole of the sewage is waterborne.
Excepting this comparatively small area, the whole district
North of the Victoria and Albert Docks is drained by gravitating
sewers to the Corporation Pumping Stations at Abbey Mills,
where the dry weather flow is pumped into the Northern outfall
sewer, which crosses the Borough obliquely to the London outfall
at Barking. There are certain other storm sewers provided which
discharge into the rivers.
SCAVENGING.
This work is carried out by the Borough Engineer's Department.
The main roads are cleansed nightly, and the remainder of
the thoroughfares either daily, or two, or three times a week,
according to circumstances.
Two "Karrier" motor sweepers are utilised to assist in this
work.
REFUSE DISPOSAL.
The amount of refuse required to be collected in West Ham
is over 260 tons daily, and is dealt with by the method of controlled
tipping. Most of the refuse is collected by means of the Pagefield
system of containers. The refuse is shot on controlled tipping
dumps at Beckton Road and Temple Mills, and by arrangement
at one of the East Ham Corporation's Tips.
Common Lodging Houses.
There are nine Common Lodging Houses in the Borough,
three in the North and six in the South. Practically all of these
were originally used as ordinary dwelling-houses, but have been
converted so as to come in line with the Bye-Laws of the Council.
The aggregate number of beds is 525.
The Sanitary Inspectors make periodical visits to these
houses, and thirty-seven such visits were made during the year.
It was not found necessary, as the outcome of these visits, to
serve any statutory notices, or communicate in any way with the
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