[Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridge-Blean R.D.C.

  • Bridge-Blean (England). Rural District Council.
Date:
1968
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Credit: [Report 1968] / Medical Officer of Health, Bridge-Blean R.D.C. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    PUBLIC CLEANSING (Contd.) Refuse Collection (Contd.) Our service to remove Bulky articles, I am pleased to report, continues to expand. Wherever possible,this work is ’slotted in' during the week hut maintenance and loss of vehicles during the ¥;cek due to accident repairs usually means that these jobs have to be done at overtime rates on Saturday. Although one is continually aiming at reduced overtime working, it is an incentive to a lot of our staff to remain on the payroll when they kno7\f that some overtime is forthcoming. As a matter of interest 455 hours nearly 11 weeks with one vehicle have been spent on the removal of additional items during the year. Elsewhere I have reported on the use of containers* I am still of the opinion that if containers were centrally situated a large num.ber of people who only have a fevir articles to dispose of Tfould rather trice them to the container than have the bother of making collection arrangements, which in some cases gets quite complicated, especiaJly, when people are moving house and don't want to pile the refuse outside awaiting our convenience. Another problem Is the disposal of garden refuse. Although the T/orking Party Report on Refuse Collection was of the opinion that this form of refuse should be collected, I am still of the opinion that in a rural district this should be resis-ted.. 1 as far as possible. With smaller gardens, atmospheric pollution and bonfire nuisances, one must admit that for som.e people this is a problem. Wouldn't they prefer to use a container with a clear conscience? Salvage Paper sales for the year amounted'to 222 tons producing revenue of £2,009 which is up on last year (£1,905). It would seem that this is about our peak. Every attempt was made to keep collecting and baling costs down to the barest mlnim.um but circumstances do force us to resort to overtim.e Saturday baling from time to time. I do not think at this stage that we should attempt any large scale advertising campaign for salvage as any successful appeal could have serious repercussions. Your recent visit to the depot v/ill have highlighted our limited storage space and difficulties of unloading waste and loading baled paper. Disposal Pollov/ing consideration of cur disposal problems a meeting ?/ith our neighbours vras called early in the year. All of them appeared to have ample tipping space for a number of years and what with Local Government re-organisation in the v/ind and financial restrictions, did not feel that now was the time to consider joint disposal especially as this m.ust increase transportation costs.