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B.y agreement with Islington Borough Council, approximately half of the
refuse collected in the Borough was disposed of by that Authority at their
controlled tip in Hertfordshire. The remainder was taken to Homerton Wharf,
where it was barged and conveyed to a controlled tip in Essex, The amount of
house refuse collected and destroyed totalled approximately 42,350 tons. In
addition, some 625 tons of trade refuse were delivered by traders direct to
Homerton Wharf. Materials salvaged totalled 42 tons of metal and 129 tons of
waste paper.
Kitchen waste to the amount of 4,122 tons was sold to the Tottenham
Borough Council for conversion into pig food.
SECTIONS 95-103 (Water supply). The Metropolitan Water Board is the statutory
Authority for London's water supply, and all houses in the Borough are supplied
direct from the Board's mains. There are some 10 premises, one a hospital and
nine commercial premises, at which a total of 12 wells are in use, but the
water is used for drinking purposes in only three cases.
Under the provisions of Section 95 (2), 29 certificates were issued in
respect of suitable and sufficient water supply for new or rebuilt flats and
houses, comprising 559 separate units of living accommodation.
During the course of various forms of inspection, waste of water from
defective fittings, etc., was observed at 297 premises and notifications
thereof were sent to the Metropolitan Water Board.
SECTION 98 (Notice to sanitary author ity of water supply being cut off)
requires the Metropolitan Water Board to notify the Council of premises from
which the water supply has been discontinued,, All such premises were inspected
and action taken as appropriate.
SECTION 107 (Dustbins). The practice of invoking the by-laws made by the
London County Council under Section 39(1) of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891 and continued in force by Section 307 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1936, to secure the provision of dustbins, was continued, Informal notices
were served in respect of 275 premises, and followed in 199 instances by the
service of formal notices. Seventeen summonses were issued and penalties
with costs were imposed in two instances and penalties without costs in two
others. The defendant named in six summonses, having supplied the dustbins,
was granted an absolute discharge on payment of costs; four other summonses
were withdrawn on payment of costs following provision of the dustbins and
three summonses were withdrawn without costs because of a change of ownership.
SECTION 113 (Provision of Public Conveniences ). A public convenience was
built at Chatsworth Road during the year. The Borough Council now maintain 11
conveniences for women and 11 conveniences and 9 urinals for men, and also
undertake the cleansing of one privately owned urinal. No charge is made for
the use of conveniences, and free hand-washing facilities, comprising hot and
cold water, liquid soap and paper towels are provided.
SECTION 122 (Cleansing or destruction of filthy or verminous articles). This
section enables a sanitary authority, on a report from a district medical
officer of health that any article in a house in their district is in such a
filthy, dangerous or unwholesome condition that health is affected or endangered
thereby, to cause the article to be cleansed, disinfected or destroyed and (if
they think fit) removed for that purpose.
Verminous articles to the number of 2,745 were treated at Millfields
Disinfecting Station, where a further 1,141 articles were destroyed,
The cleansing of soiled laundry of incontinent persons is deemed to be
covered by the provisions of this section, and is undertaken at the Disinfecting
Station, the laundry being collected from the house and returned thereto by
the Disinfecting Staff, This service was provided for 48 persons during the
year, 1,124 collections and deliveries were made, and 9,345 articles cleansed.