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Excepting this comparatively small area, the whole district
North of the Victoria and Albert Docks is drained by gravitating
sewers to the Corporation Pumping Station 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.
STREET CLEANSING.
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, and two motor gully emptiers have been purchased so that
the streets may be cleansed more efficiently.
REFUSE DISPOSAL.
The amount of refuse to be collected in West Ham is approximately
300 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. T he refuse has been 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 conform to the Bye-Laws of the Council.
The aggregate number of beds is 525.
The Sanitary Inspectors make periodical visits to these
houses, and fourteen such visits were made during the year.
It was not found necessary, as the outcome of these visits, to
take any action against the various owners in regard to the
conduct of these premises, and no complaints were received from
the occupants or general public in this connection.
No application was received for registration of new premises
or for any alteration to the existing buildings.
The number of lodgers continues to fall year by year.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
For various reasons the Bye-Laws mentioned in the last
Annual Report have not yet been adopted, but the whole question
is under consideration.
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