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Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets

Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets

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PREFACE 

Word Count: 158    |    Released on: 19/11/2017

ho are directly engaged in providing that house dustbins shall be regularly cleared, and streets kept clean; and also in the hope that it may be the means of drawing some public attention to the quest

anitary measures. I am not aware that any book, or even pamphlet, has yet been written on this subje

, 1881.

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Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets
Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets
“Some portions of the following pages have already appeared in the monthly numbers of the Sanitary Engineer, and the complete work is now published with a view to assist Surveyors of Towns and others who are directly engaged in providing that house dustbins shall be regularly cleared, and streets kept clean; and also in the hope that it may be the means of drawing some public attention to the question, thus showing the householder something of what is being done for his welfare by Sanitary Authorities, and how each individual may assist in the good work, instead of, as is now frequently the case, inadvertently or purposely retarding the execution of some very necessary though unostentatious sanitary measures.”
1 PREFACE2 Chapter I. SCAVENGING. 3 Chapter II. HOUSE REFUSE4 Chapter III. THE DUSTBIN5 Chapter IV. THE COLLECTION OF HOUSE REFUSE6 Chapter V. THE SCAVENGER'S CART7 Chapter VI. DISPOSAL OF HOUSE REFUSE8 Chapter VII. STREET CLEANSING. 9 Chapter VIII. SNOW. 10 Chapter IX. STREET WATERING. 11 Chapter X. CONTRACTS V. ADMINISTRATION BY LOCAL AUTHORITY12 Chapter XI. £ s. d.