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Rivers and Streams.
No specific improvements or cleansing other than normal routine
have been undertaken. This work is now normally carried out by the
Surrey County Council.
The springs in the Grotto Canal, the Hog-Pit, Lady Margarets
Pool and in the Convent, functioned again after a long period of inactivity.
One complaint was dealt with during the year.
Closet Accommodation.
All dwellings have w.c.'s connected to the sewers, except 17 in
unsewered areas which are drained to cesspools. There are no earth
closets.
Public Cleansing.
This service is under the direction of the Council's Engineer and
Surveyor.
Collection.
No alterations were made in the method of collection, but a redistribution
of collecting areas was made to enable each refuse collecting
vehicle to be controlled by a ganger. This has resulted in an increase
in efficiency of refuse collection generally.
The fleet of collection vehicles was further modernised by the
addition of two vehicles manufactured by Shelvoke & Drewry Ltd., one
of 12 cu. yd. capacity (side loading) and the other of 7 cu. yd. capacity
(end loading) for the specific purpose of collecting refuse in " backs "
or rights of way.
The seven vehicles now normally used in refuse collection are now
up-to-date and are all fitted with hydraulic tipping gears. A spare
vehicle is still kept in service should a breakdown of the regular vehicles
occur.
Kitchen waste is collected for pig food, the bins for which are cleansed
by steam.
Disposal.
No major variations in the methods of disposal of refuse and salvage
were made.
During July, the Works were shut down for approximately five
weeks in order that the Destructor cells could be re-lined in " Plibrico."
and the two lower sections of the chimney lining rebuilt in fire bricks.
Refuse during this period was disposed of to a chalk pit on land to the
south east of the Oaks Corner by controlled tipping.
During the remainder of the year, screenings have been disposed
of to the Croydon tip at Mitcham and clinker to the Watercress Beds
in Mill Lane.
A contract of approximate value £6,700 was started to extend the
area round the Refuse Disposal Works, as this was hitherto inadequate.
The contract included provision for a Sludge Drying Bed, concrete
paving over the extended area and where none previously existed, a
concrete retaining wall to enable easy loading and storage of clinker
to be made, the provision of storage areas for scrap metals, and the
provision of a roadway round the works so that vehicles do not have
to go on the highway to reach the weighbridge. The work was completed
early in 1952.
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