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REFUSE REMOVAL AND DISPOSAL
The work of refuse removal and scavenging is under the control
of the Borough Engineer and Surveyor, who has kindly supplied the
details contained in the following statement.
Collection of Refuse.
House refuse is collected once weekly with the exception of
certain blocks of flats, hospitals, asylums, lire and police stations,
schools, hotels, restaurants, Salvation Army and business premises,
where the frequency is decided upon in the circumstances of the
peculiarities of each case.
The type of vehicle used for collection of house and trade refuse
is high loading, of 3½ tons capacity and electrically propelled, each
van being fitted with two steel tubs of 140 cubic feet capacity per
tub.
Dust sheets are provided for each van, and immediately loading
is completed they are fastened in position and kept so while the
van is travelling from point to point.
Trade refuse is collected upon prepayment, the frequency of
collection being determined according to the nature and amount of
refuse. No special arrangements are made; the vans collecting
house refuse call to pick up trade refuse from premises on their
routes.
Disposal of Refuse.
The disposal of house, trade and market refuse is at present
carried out by contract.
The refuse is conveyed from the final point of collection in the
Council's collecting vans to the Council's wharf on the River Lee
at Homerton, where, by means of overhead travelling cranes, the
steel tub containers of the vans are lifted from the chasses and the
refuse tipped direct into the Contractor's barges, and dining this
operation the tubs are enclosed on all sides by a curtain to prevent
the blowing about of dust and papers.
The refuse in the barges is carefully trimmed by Council's
employees until fully loaded.