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79
WORKS DEPARTMENT.
Dusting.—Again I have to report the great
difficulty of disposing of the vast quantity of ashes
and breeze collected from the Parish, which continues
to increase. Brick-makers do not care to purchase at
any price; in fact at the present time it is difficult to
induce them to even take it away if placed in their
boats. No other means are open but to send it to the
Depot at Alperton, this, of course, being attended
with great expense. The only practical and sanitary
method that suggests itself for lessening the difficulty
is to adopt the process of burning the refuse as collected,
which I have repeatedly suggested. By this
means the bulk would then be considerably reduced,
many advantages gained, and all injurious matters
entirely destroyed.
Collecting rough Dust.—During the year ended
Lady-day, 19,400 loads of rough dust were collected,
the number of working days being 304. 4,419 horses
and carts were employed in this work, the daily
average number of loads collected being 63.81, or
4.39 loads per horse per day, the cost of collection
being £1,566 6s. 3d., sifting and sorting, 1,318 6s. 7d.;
the maximum number of loads collected in one week
being 536, and minimum 138.