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Collection of House Refuse.—The house refuse of the
Borough is collected twice a week, the receptacles being placed outside
the houses by the occupiers, and collected by the Corporation
vehicles.
The total amount collected during the 308 working days of the
year 1904 amounted to 28,173 loads, a decrease of 230 loads on the
previous year.
The shoots on which the above house refuse was deposited are
set out below:—
Out of Borough.
Leyton Dust Destructor 476
West Ham United Football Ground, Green Street 33
In the Borough.
Temple Mills (Messrs. C. Abbott & Sons) 10,696
„ (Messrs. R. Chapman & Son) 4,025
South West Ham Goods Station (Mr. H. Allen) 4,503
Beckton Road (West Ham Corporation) 8,440
Loads. Approxi-mate weight in tons Average daily collections in loads. Loads previous year, 1903
Northern Division 15,625 27,343 50.73 16,057
Southern Division 12,548 23,841 40.74 12,346
During the year over 1,000 loads of old ashes have been taken
away from the Beckton Road Shoot to make up a football ground
off Prince Regent's Lane, and 166 loads have been taken for
brickmaking.