[Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Batley Borough.

  • Batley (England). Borough Council.
Date:
1929
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Credit: [Report 1929] / Medical Officer of Health, Batley Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    per load according to season, as arrived at by the weighing of all refuse during the period June to December inclusive. As in previous years, and following the instructions of the Min istry of Health, collection and disposal have been kept as sepa- rate items and disposal has been suli-divided into incineration at the Destructor Works and tipping respectively. The number of days in the year has been taken at 365, and not .the actual working days. The Registrar-Generars estimate of the population is 34,550, the number of occupied houses 9,915, and the number of premises from which refuse is collected is not less than 10,000. The staff engaged in collection during the year was the same as that for 1928, as follows :— Mechanical transport (S.D. Freighter) 1 Horse transport—carts 7 Drivers 8 Throwers-out 10 Foreman 1 In iirevious years two carts were constantly engaged removing clinkers from the Destructor, liut experience under conditions of proper loading has shown that this work is not sufficient to keep them fully em]3loyed the whole year round. During the summer one horse was disposed of in consequence of unfijbness, and this has not been replaced. The remaining horse and cart requires some assistance during the heavy winter period, and this is effected by giving out part of the work to a carting contractor, who moves the clinker from the Destiuctor to the Sewerage Works at a charge of 2s. per ton. The cost of similar work done by the Cor- poration carts is 2s. 9d. per ton. In the event of another horse being disposed of, it would tend to economy if all the clinkers were moved from the Destructor by private contract, on a tonnage basis, during the winter months, and in summer, when the work of the collection staff slackens, for them to undeiffake clinker removal in addition to their normal work. Besides tending to economy, such an arrangement would obviate the necessity during the summer of having to allow one or more horses to stand in the stable on Friday afternoon and Saturday mornings through lack of work. Table TV. shews the costs of Refuse Collection and Disposal for the j^ear as compared Avith those for 1928. It will be seen that there was an increase in collection costs by £87. Wages involved an extra expenditure of £58, due to teamers