[Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Spenborough U.D.C.

  • Spenborough (England). Urban District Council.
Date:
1950
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Credit: [Report 1950] / Medical Officer of Health, Spenborough U.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REFUSE COLLECTION, REFUSE DISPOSAL AND SALVAGE. A. Refuse Collection and Disposal. The staff normally employed on this service is made up of 1 foreman, 18 dustmen, 3 tipmen, 2 destructor hands, and 3 salvage workers. At no time during the year was the Department fully staffed. Apart from sickness there was usually at least one vacant position. It is getting increasingly difficult to obtain workers for this class of work and the future, as far as refuse collection is concerned, is fraught with difficulties. The fleet of vehicles comprises 4 Bedfords (10 cubic yard capacity), 1 Dennis (7 cubic yard capacity), 1 Dennis (7 cubic yard capacity—specially adapted for privy and cesspool emptying), 1 Dennis 40/45 cwt. for salvage work. During the year one of the above vehicles was placed on full time refuse collection instead of part-time work as in previous years. New vehicle rounds were drawn up and this led to a marked improve¬ ment in the collection service throughout the district. The service was badly hit in December by persistent falls of snow and a high rate of sickness amongst the workmen. The Department was responsible for the collection of refuse from 12,608 dwellinghouses and 841 other premises making a grand total of 13,449 premises. In connection therewith, refuse is removed from 13,100 dustbins, 400 privy middens, 15 cesspools and 53 pail closets. The refuse of the district is disposed of by Controlled Tipping (85%) and incineration at the Destructor Works, Cleckheaton (15%). Two tips are now in use at the Football Field, East Bierley, and the Quarry, Haitshead Hall Lane, Hartshead. These tips are situated long distances from the centres of population and this adds consider¬ ably to the time taken in collection. B. Destructor. The Destructor Works are used for the disposal of Trade Refuse. A charge of 2s. 6d. per load is made for loads delivered. Trade Refuse is also brought in by one of the Department's vehicles, collection being made under contract. The following data shows the estimated apportionment of the cost of the collection and disposal of House and Trade Refuse for the financial year ending 31st March, 1951 :— £ s- d- Estimated cost of refuse disposal per premises ... ... 0 2 9 ,, ,, disposal for 1,000 population 50 3 9 ,, ,, collection per premises ... ... 0 17 6 ,, ,, collection per 1,000 population 317 18 1 ,, ,, collection and disposal per premises ... ... ... 1 0 3 ,, ,, collection and disposal per 1,000 population ... ... ... 368 1 10