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and by this means the fillers are able to continue at work for the
whole of the day, instead of having to await the return of their
vehicle from the shoot, as would be the case were self-contained
vehicles employed.
The Council are alive to the necessity for keeping the
system of refuse collection as up-to-date as possible, and recent
replacements of Pagefield vehicles have been made with containers
of the latest dustless-loading type.
The total amount of refuse collected annually is approximately
75,000 tons, and the whole of this is disposed of by
controlled tipping, either within or immediately outside the
borough.
The working faces of the shoots are covered with earth at
the close of every working day, in accordance with the regulations
suggested by the Ministry of Health, and in this connection I have
to report that no complaints were received."
Dustbins. I am indebted to the Borough Engineer for the
following information: —
"There are no ash-pits in the borough. The house refuse
is collected twice weekly, and under a scheme for the supply and
maintenance of standard dustbins by the Corporation which was
inaugurated a few years ago by the Highways and Parks Committee,
this collection is now carried out under greatly improved
conditions. The number of bins at present supplied by the Council
under this scheme is 15,700, at a charge of is. 6d. per bin per
annum."
Closet accommodation. The closet accommodation in the
borough is wholly on the water carriage system, and with a few
isolated exceptions drainage is to the borough sewerage system.
REPORT OF THE CHIEF SANITARY INSPECTOR
by
H. G. Clinch, f.s.i.a., m.r.s.i.
District sanitary inspectors. There was one change in
the members of the staff of district sanitary inspectors during the
year.
As a result of the coming into force of the Public Health
Act 1936, it was found that the new powers of appeal given
involved considerable extensive work on the part of the staff.
Work of the women sanitary inspectors. There are three
women sanitary inspectors on the staff of the public health department.
During the year their duties were revised, and they are now
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