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of houses to provide movable receptacles for house refuse instead of
ashpits, and by special bye-law the occupiers of houses are required to
place them outside their houses on such days as the Corporation fix.
Under these provisions the house refuse is collected twice each week
by the Council's own vehicles. Thirty-six carts and vans are used,
and the staff employed numbers 56 men, beside the Dust Inspector
and two foremen.
The total amount collected during the 307 working days in the
year was 28,391 loads, an increase of 388 loads on the previous year.
The shoots on which the above house refuse was deposited,
together with the number of loads in each case, are set out below:—
Out of the Borough.
Loads.
East London Clearance and Cartage Company,
Carpenters' Road 2,579
East Ham Dust Destructor 2,733
In the Borough.
Temple Mills (Messrs. C. Abbott & Sons) 8,494
„ (Messrs. Clay) 2,448
Beckton Road (West Ham Corporation) 9,856
South West Ham Goods Station (Mr. Allen) 2,281
Loads
Collected.
Approximate
weight
in tons.
Average
daily
collection
in loads.
Average
daily
collection
in tons.
Northern Division
15,508
27,139
50.5
88.4
Southern Division
12,883
24,427
41.9
79.5
28,391
51,566
92.4
167.9