LONDON 



In many parts of London house refuse is collected 

 much limn- ften than once a week. More frequent 

 collections are needed in districts occupied by flats 

 and tciiaments where gas is used for fuel, for here no 

 opportunity exists for burning any of the refuse and it 

 accumulates without the dessiccating and preserving 

 advantage of ashes. 



In Holburn the refuse is removed from houses by 

 contractors twice a week from April to October inclu- 

 sive and once a week during the rest of the year. In 

 parts of Finsbury, the City of London and Westmin- 

 ster, daily collections are made. 



A by-law of the London County Council provides 

 that when a sanitary authority arranges for the daily 

 removal of house refuse, the householders may be 

 required to deposit their receptacles for refuse, at such 

 hour as the authority may fix, on the curbstone or in a 

 conveniently accessible position on the premises. 



Under ordinary conditions of weather the cleansing 

 of streets with water progresses in a favorable manner, 

 but in the winter months when there is possibility of 

 frost, great care is taken to prevent the production of 

 ice and frequently street flushing is entirely suspended. 

 In 1905 the streets were washed on 296 nights. 



Showery weather also makes the streets slippery and 

 necessitates the use of grit on the pavements. The 

 nature and amount of grit used on roadways Sandingof 

 to prevent slipping depends upon the nature Pavements 

 of the pavement and the grade of the street. On 

 asphalt very fine sand is employed, the amount being 

 about 80 cubic yards per 1000 square yards of pave- 

 ment per annum. This sand costs about $1.00 per 

 cubic yard at the city docks. On wood and stone- 



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