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DUST AND HOUSE REFUSE.
The removal of the contents of dustbins is
now effected once a fortnight, yet there is a steady
application for more frequent attention, especially
in those cases where the portable sanitary dustbins
are very small. Many of the complainants desire
weekly scavenging and a few would like to see the
dustman oftener than this. Several complaints
have also been received in reference to the practice
of tipping house refuse in gravel pits behind
houses in course of erection. A further description
of this subject however will be found in the special
report which will be presented to the Council by
the Surveyor.
SEWERAGE AND DRAINAGE.
No additional main sewers have been laid,
though in the connection of house drains a fair
amount of work has been executed.
117 old houses and about 129 new houses have
been connected. 77 cesspools have been closed
and 49 W.C.'s have been fitted with water-waste
preventing cisterns.
The decision of the Council concerning combined
drainage referred to in my last report has
been found to answer generally in its practical
application. During the summer months frequent
complaints were received from inhabitants of Clarence
Road, Gloucester Road, Anlaby Road, Stanley
Road, Teddington Park Road, and Holmesdale
Road, with reference to bad smells emitted from
the sewer manholes. In several cases it was found
necessary to close the manholes, and to erect
ventilating shafts. It is desirable especially during
summer to have the sewers in the district frequently
flushed, and under certain circumstances disinfectants
used with the water,