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There are only eight houses in the District which
cannot be connected to the sewers but in each case
adequate cesspool drainage exists.
PUBLIC CLEANSING.
Removal and Disposal of House Refuse.
The collection of house refuse is carried out by
a system of trailers and tractor- A completely new
plant was purchased by the Council this year and
commenced operations on the 12th August, 1935.
There are six specially constructed two-wheeled
pneumatically tyred trailers with detachable horse
shafts. The horse shafts are fitted with small
rubber tyred wheels so that the full weight of the
trailer is borne on the wheels and no part bearing
on the horse. These trailers are drawn by horses
from house to house during the collection of house
refuse and when full the shafts are removed and the
trailers taken to the Destructor by a petrol-driven
tractor. The system is so arranged that the tractor
leaves an empty trailer behind for the dustmen to
fill when taking away the full trailer.
The whole of the refuse is taken to the Destructor
and there burnt, the resultant clinker is used for
road making and foundations to footpaths. The
steam raised by burning the refuse is used for driving
powerful pumping machinery and other apparatus
at the Sewage Disposal Works.
Street Cleansing.
A completely new system of street cleansing
was also put into operation on the 12th August, 1935.
Each sweeper is allotted a beat and provided with a
specially constructed hand truck supporting two
bins into which he places the street sweepings.