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Information obtained from the Surveyors of various Vestries and District Boards, as to the mode of disposing of House Refuse in their District.
Name of Authority.
Area.
Acres.
Population.
Rafeble
Value.
How do you dispose of House
Refuse?
1
How many tons or
loads of refuse do you
collect per day on an
average ?
2
Cost per ton or loal for
collection (exclusive of
interest on capital outlay
for vans, buildings,
&c.)
3
Price paid per ton or
load if barged away
4.
Is the Destructor in
a populous district?
1
Area of site occu- ]
pied by Destructor.
2
[How many cells ?
3
Quantity of refuse destroyed
per cell per day
in tons.
4
Quantity of clinker produced
per ton of refuse
destroyed.
5
Are fumes and
moke from cells
Passed through
Cremator ?
6
Is result satisfactory?
7
Is waste heat utilised, and
if so, for what purpose ?
8
Maker of Destructor.
9
Do you consider the
work done by it
satisfactory ?
10
Cost of work, exclusive
of site.
11
Cost of destroying
refuse per ton (exclusive
of interest
and sinking fund
on cost of works).
12
Cost of cremating
fumes, &c., per ton
of refuse destroyed.
13
No.of men
ployed per day.
14
No.of men
ployed per day.
15
Have complaints ever been
made as to smell from
chimney or otherwise ?
16
Battersea
2,343
147,203
£1.3 o,477
See page 10, Appendix No.3 ,Annual Report
2s.6d
Surrounded thickly
with houses
1 1/3acres
12
71 tons, 7 cwt., 0 qrs.,
25 lbs.
About 1/3
Yes. 2 Cremators
provided,
but not used,
as there is no
nuisance from
shaft, or cause
of complaint
Yes
Multitubular Boiler provided
in the flues, but not
used at present
Manlove, Alliott & Co
Yes
£15,000, including
Boundary Walls,
Incline Roadways,
&c.
See Annual Report
Not in use
18,in 3 Shifts of 8 hours each
No.
Bethnal Green
755
129,134
£46,000
By Contract
.
Camber well
4,342
235,312
£l,02,455
By barge and rail
About 80 loads per day
2s. 9d. per load .
2s. 9d per load
Chelsea
794½
96,272
£69,542
By collection and barging
away, both under Contract
45 loads of 3 cube yds.
each
2s. l0d. per load
2s. 3d. per load.
Fulham
1,856
91,640
£423,551
Shoot
About 80 loads per
time
1s.6d wagesls.
7d. shoot
ls. 2d. cartage
None sent away.
Hackney
3,938
229,531
£963,743
The refuse is the property of
the Contractor, and is shot on
vacant land outside the parish
140 to 150 loads of 60
cubic feet each
A Division, 2s. 11 ½d.
B Division, 3s. 3d.!
C Division, 3s. 6d.
The Contractors ge nerally
estimate tjieir
prices according to the
Distance to and from
the shoot
No Destructor in use
in this district.
Hammersmith
2,286
97,235
£533,399
Barged away on river, and a
few loads otherwise disposed
of
3s. 6d
1st year, 2s. 3½d
: 2nd year, 2s. 2½d.
1 3rd year, 2s. l ½d.
1 No Destructor.
Manlove, lliott & Co
Yes
£5,600
About 6s.
per ton(89-90 including
disposal and collection)
No account kept,
use breez for aramator
,no coke
4 firemen
4 firemen
One complaint was made
by a local Authority, but
no further was taken
Hampstead
2,240
70,000
£69,962|
Mainly by Destructor, but
few loads otherwise disposed
of
About 70 loads
See No. 12
Do not barge away
; any quantity of rough
dust
No
Wharf nearly an
acre
8
About 5£ tons placed in
each cell
cent, of refuse placed in
Destructor
Holborn
This work is done by Contract, which also include, the cleansing and watering of streets
Ther is no Destructor
eemployed in the
Holborn district.
Islington
3,10
319,433
£ 169,199,
It Ls sent by trucks princi- I 182 tons
pally, but some by barges into
the country. A small quantity
2s. 5d. per ton
Not paid for by the
ton, from ls. 7d. to
2s. 3d. per ton