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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.
Ratable
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 op load for
collection (exclusive of
interest on capital
lay for vans,builings
&c.
3
Price paid per ton or
load if barged away.
4
Is the Destructor in
a populous district?
1
Area of site occupied
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
smoke from cells
passed through
Cremator ?
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
clusive of interest
and sinking fund on
cost of work
12
Cost of cremating
funes, &c., per ton
of refuse destroyed.
13
pNo. of men
loyed per day
14
No. of men
ployed by night .
15
Have complains ever been
as to smell from
chimney or otherwise ?
16
Butter sea
2,343
147,203
£1,330,477
See page 10, Appendix No. 3, Annual Report.
2s. 6d
Surrounded thickly
with houses
1¾acres
12
71 tons, 7 cwt., 0 qrs.,
25 lbs.
About¾
Yes. 2 Cremators
provided,
but not used,
as there is no
nuisance from
shaft, or cause
of complaint
7
8
Multitubular Boiler provided
in the flues, but not
used at present
Manlove, Alott & Co...
Yes
£15,000, including
Boundary Walls,
Incline Roadways,
&c.
See Annjiil Report
Not in use
I8, in 3 shifts of 8 hours each,
No.
Bethnal Green
755
129,131
£426,00
By Contract.
Camberwell
4,342
235,312
£1,042,455
By barge and rail
About 80 loads per day
2s. 9d. per load
2s. 9d. per load
1 No Destructor.
Chelsea
794½
96,272
£689,5 4 2
By collection and barging
away, both under Contract
15 loads of 3 cube yds.
each
2s. 10d. per load
2s. 3d. per load.
Fulham
1,856
91,640
£426,551
Shoot
About 80 loads per
time
Is. 7d. shoot
ls. 2d. cartage
Hackney
3,938
229,531
£969,7
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. ll$l,
B Division, 3s. 3d.TB
C Division, 3s. 6d.> 1
The Contractors getter^
ally estimate tmglH
prices according t< > the
distance to and f|bjtf
the shoot
No Destructor in use
in this district.
Hammersmith..
2,286
97,235
£539,S"
Barged away on river, and a
few loads otherwise disposed
1^1
3s. 6d ....
1st year, 2s. 3|d
2nd year, 2s. 2nd.
3rd year, 2s. l£d.
per ton.
8
About 5£ tons placed in
Clinker and ash, 24 pe
Manlove, Al ott & Co.
About 6s< per ton
T89-90) including
disposal aid
No account kept,
use breeze for cremator,
no coko
! 4 firemen .. •
] 4 firemen . - •
by a Local Authority, but
no further action was taken.
Hampstead
2,240
70,000
£691,062
Mainly by Destructor, bu<
few loads otherwise disposec
of
About 70 loads
1 See No. 12 ] J
Do not barge away
any quantity of rough
dust
acre
each cell
cent, of refuse placed ir
Destructor
tion
Holborn .
This work is done by Contract, which also includes the cleansing anfflwatering of streets.
There Ls no Destructor
employed in the
Holborn district.
Islington
3,107
319,433
£1,693,109
It is sent by trucks principally,
but some by barges into the country. A small quantity
is screened, and the ashes and
breeze sold
182 tons
2s.5d per ton
Not paid for by the
ton, from Is. 7d. to
2s. 3d. per ton