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replaced by a special vehicle comprising two galvanised steel containers
n a frame, mounted on a chassis fitted with pneumatic tyred wheels.
The containers being detachable from the chassis were collected by
motor vehicles, which conveyed the full containers to the shoot, where
they were emptied.
During 1936 the Borough Engineer reported that he was not satisfied
with the working of this system, having regard to the time spent in
loading the containers on to motor vehicles and conveying them to the
Depot, where they were emptied by hand, then reloading the motors
with empty bins and distributing these to the sweepers.
Consideration was given to a type of vehicle, subsequently acquired,
by means of which the two containers would simultaneously be hoisted
from the sweeper's truck into the vehicle and the contents tipped into
it, the containers being returned to the truck ; the whole process taking
only a fraction of the time now occupied in loading the full containers
on to the present lorry.
When the vehicle is fully loaded — and it will take from 3-4 tons of
refuse — it proceeds to the Depot, and being provided with tipping gear,
the contents can be shot into a barge in a very few minutes.
The adoption of this new method results in a considerable saving of
time, and in a more efficient system of picking up and emptying the
street refuse containers.
Fouling of Footways by Dogs. The Council has made a byelaw
dealing with this nuisance.
Shops Act, 1934. The duties with regard to the ventilation and
the temperature of shops, and the provision of sanitary conveniences
continue to engage the attention of the Sanitary Inspectors.
House Refuse. Storage, except for approximately 82 covered ashpits,
is effected in movable ash-bins. Removal, weekly as a rule, but
twice weekly in the case of certain large London County Council and
other buildings, and certain restaurants and bakers' shops, is entirely
done by motor transport, iron covered vehicles being used, together
with, towards the end of the year, the use of one internal loading
vehicle. Disposal is effected, under contract, by barge to Rainham.