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PUBLIC CLEANSING.
House refuse is collected weekly from houses in
mechanically driven freighters and disposed of by burning
at the Council's destructor at California Road.
Owing to the growth of the district the present
destructor has to be used to its limit and a proportion of
the house refuse is now disposed of by controlled tipping
on land adjoining the sewage disposal works.
The very few cesspools are emptied and cleansed by
owners as and when required.
Movable ashbins, with few exceptions, are general
throughout the district.
As earth closets and privies are practically nonexistent,
no special arrangements exist for the disposal
of the contents thereof.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
Proposed Joint Sewerage Scheme.
This scheme is to centralise the sewage disposal
works of a number of districts, namely, Kingston-uponThames,
Surbiton, Epsom and Ewell, and this district.
The proposed site of the new works is on the western
boundary of this district, near the present works.
During the year various conferences were held between
the constituent authorities and finally a Public Enquiry
was called for 5th January, 1938. This was, however,
postponed as it was considered that its object would be
defeated due to disagreements on the financial aspect of
the scheme. At present it has been agreed that each
Authority should prepare estimates for extending their
respective works to 1950, based on the same rates as the
Consulting Engineer's rates for his estimate' of the joint
scheme. This will result in a fair comparison of costs
between the Authorities and facilitate an early agreement
on financial matters.