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Scavenging.
The house refuse is collected weekly by the Council's own
staff and conveyed to the tip at Brunswick Park and there burnt.
The provision of a refuse destructor will have to receive the
consideration of the Council in the near future.
Industries and Occupations.
The industries carried on within the District are at the
factories of Messrs. Carr & Son, alto Messrs. Tyler & Co. at
Brunswick Park. The new factory of Messts. Maw, Son & Sons
has been completed. The factories and workshops in the District
(including laundries and bakeries) number 129.
These are periodically inspected, and the condition of etnplyment
found generally satisfactory, and no special circumstance
exists which is prejudicial to public health.
Housing.
The area of the District is 2,644 acres and the number of
houses is 2,626, being 46 more than last year. This gives rather
more than one acre for each house, and about 54 inmates for each
house, showing that there is not much serious overcrowding,
although there is considerable demand for houses. Eighteen
houses are in course of erection by private enterprise. There
were 26 houses completed during the year in the Council Estate
houses, and there are 138 in course of erection, making a total of
Council houses of 164 when the present contracts are finished
probably at the end of 1921. This will considerably minimise
the shortage of houses.