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succeeded in overcoming the foam problem - at considerable annual cost - and efforts
are continuing to secure an effluent of the highest standard of purity,
RIVERS AND STREAMS, No complaint of pollution was made to the Health Department
during 1960.
CLOSET ACCOMMODATION. The closet accommodation of the Borough consists
almost wholly of water closets connected to the sewers. A few water closets drain
to cesspools, and the odd house on the outskirts of the Borough has a pail or chemical
closet. The following works were carried out during the year:-
Water closets constructed or rebuilt 10
Water closets substituted for dry receptacles 2
Water closets where walls cleansed 29
Water closets fitted with new flushing apparatus 33
Water closets repaired or improved 27
New pans or pedestals provided 25
Water closets blockages unstopped 21
Other closets provided or repaired 2
Urinals constructed, rebuilt or repaired 3
PUBLIC CLEANSING, The cleansing of streets and collection and disposal of
refuse are carried out under the control of the Borough Engineer. Refuse is disposed
of by controlled tipping and the collection of house refuse is carried out weekly.
Through the action of the Health Department 33 new dustbins were provided during the
year.
Salvage continues to be collected at the same time as refuse and is segregated
before sale. The collection of kitchen waste was discontinued in January, 1954.
The returns for the past five years are as follows:-
1956 1957 1958 1959 1960
Paper (tons) 1,083 994 1,045 1,069 1,364
Scrap metal (tons) 73 26 31 48 27
Textiles (tons) 13 10 3 5 53
Bottles, jars (tons) 2 - - - -
Batteries - - - - 43
Total income £9,414 £8,102 £8,564 £8,364 £13,268
SANITARY INSPECTION OP THE BOROUGH, In addition to the work recorded in other
paragraphs of this Report, the Public Health Inspectors continued their general duties
of investigating complaints, abating nuisances and dealing with contraventions of the
Public Health Acts.
Not all complaints brought to the Health Department deal with matters on which
the Department is empowered to take action, and in such cases complainants are advised
as far as is known,, how and where the matter may receive attention. Some particulars
of the work done are shown below:
Number of complaints received 634
Number of premises at which nuisance, etc. were located 686
Number of premises where nuisances abated or defects remedied:-
(a) by owners or occupiers 337
(b) by Council in default 4
(c) public sewers repaired by Council 104
(d) public sewers cleared and cleansed by Council 155
Informal notices issued 307
Written reminders issued 302
Statutory notices served
Total number of inspections and re-inspections 20,135
Inspections of piggeries 5
Inspections of stables 15
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