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48,164 loads of house and trade refuse were removed during the
year as against 45,120 loads during the preceding year, an increase of
3,044 loads.
In connection with the coming into force of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1891, the work in connection with the removal of house
refuse has been re-organised. The Vestry has adopted a scheme providing,
for dust carts passing through each road and street every alternate day
and householders have been supplied with a "D" card to exhibit when the
refuse is required to be removed. The system of paying the slopmen
and dustmen according to the number of loads removed has also been
abolished and a new arrangement has been made by which the men
are paid at the rate of 4s. per day for each day worked, the slopmen
being required to cart not less than five loads or to clear the roads
allotted to them during the day. In addition they are paid 9d. for
each load carted in excess of the five referred to.
The quantity of slop and sweepings removed from the roads during
the year was 46,538 loads. 18,407 loads of this material and 1,017
loads of sludge from the sewers and gullies were passed through the
wash mills, and the sand resulting from this work was sold or used upon
the roads.
The following quantities were disposed of during the year:—
6,318¼ cubic yards sold £534 0 2
952 „ „ used on the roads 47 12 0
£581 12 2
The number of horses in stock at Lady-day was 88 and 2 cobs.
20 horses were purchased during the year at a cost of £1,415 10s. Od.
17 horses were sold for £107 18s. Od. their average term of work having
been 6½ years.
The Vestry having obtained from the Guardians a lease of the old
workhouse cottages and yard adjoining the present depot in Liverpool
Road has erected six new loose boxes on the site of the cottages and a
shed on part of the yard. Alterations have also been made in the old
workhouse, the ground floor rooms having been converted into a shop
where the Yestry's vans and carts can be painted and the upper floors
into stores for road materials. The total cost of these works amounted
to £1,015 16s. 6d.