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REMOVAL OF HOUSE REFUSE.
Systematic removal of house refuse takes place twice a week directly
by the Council's workmen, under the supervision of a foreman, who is
responsible to the Surveyor.
No complaints have been made, and the work generally has been
efficiently done. In previous reports I referred to the inadequate and
dirty receptacles used for storing house refuse on premises, and
suggested to the Sanitary Committee, in November, 1901, the necessity
of compelling householders to provide proper dust-bins, under Section
36 of the Public Health Act, 1875, and Section 11 Public Health Acts
Amendment Act, 1890.
In January, 1902, the Clerk and Medical Officer were ordered to
prepare draft of new Bye-laws for the collection of house refuse.
After consultation with the Local Government Board and adopting
amendments suggested by that body, the Council, on February 24th, 1903,
resolved that the Bye-laws be printed and the usual advertisements be
inserted, and that the Seal of the Council be affixed thereto, and a copy
forwarded to the Local Government Board for confirmation.
The Bye-laws provide that—
The occupier of any premises on which any house refuse
may from time to time accumulate, shall, on such days and at such
hour of the day as the Council shall fix, and shall notify by public
announcement in the district, deposit in a conveniently accessible
position on the premises a removable receptacle or receptacles,
properly constructed of galvanised iron or other suitable metal, and
of such capacity not exceeding three cubic feet each, as may
be sufficient in the aggregate to contain the house refuse which may
accumulate on such premises during a period not exceeding one
week, and in which such house refuse shall be placed for the
purposes of removal by or on behalf of the Council.
Owing to the increasing population and consequent difficulty
of finding a suitable shoot for house refuse, the sooner your
Authority erects a Destructor the better on sanitary and economical
grounds.
SEWAGE DISPOSAL.
In 1900 power to borrow £33,250 for the purpose of laying down
septic tanks, bacterial beds and the necessary plant for sewage precipitation,
was sanctioned