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During the year 1,959 loads have been collected and deposited
at the Council's Destructor, as compared with 1,904 loads for the
year 1913.
TRADE REFUSE, 1914.
Loads.
January 169
February 151
March 165
April 160
May 170
June 159
July 171
August 151
September 164
October 172
November 164
December 163
Total 1,959
By reference to the Nuisance Table inset facing page 117,
it will bs seen that 135 offensive accumulations were discovered
as compared with 142 for the previous year. These offensive
accumulations consist principally of garbage, which is deposited
on vacant land and back passages.
DUST BINS.
Under the provisions of the East Ham Improvement Act,
1903, the Council have power to call upon owners to provide every
dwelling house with a galvanised iron dust bin, and to determine
its size and construction. During the past year 88 premises have
been reported to the Public Health Committee for not being
furnished with a suitable dust bin. In each instance the Committee
authorised the service of a Statutory Notice upon the responsible
person to supply the premises with an efficient portable galvanised
iron dust bin, 18 inches deep and 16 inches in diameter. These
measurements may appear small in comparison with the old ashpit,
but we learn from experience that large dust bins encourage many
people to deposit therein matter which should be immediately
burnt. In cases where the Notices were not complied with, the