Dirty Dustbins and Sloppy Streets

should be done satisfactorily,

y three methods by which this is attempt

house call at int

by ringing a bell or by other signal, and requiring t

ouseholders in their vicinity to place the house refuse in these dustbin

irst methods mentioned above for the removal of the house refuse, but that very few of them are able to adopt any public dustbins or "lay stall" accommodation for the temporary reception of the refuse, not only on account of their first cost, but also from the difficulty of finding suitable positions for them. This latter objection to the adoption of public dustbins arises in great measure from the fa

ublic dustbins the inhabitants of these courts throw their waste products upon the surface of the streets or courts, from time to time throughout the day, as it cannot be expected nor desired that such materials should remain, even for twenty-four hours, in their one living room, which is frequently over crowded, and has but little spare space even

t be gradually educated up to this standard of cleanliness, and a few persons judiciously summoned and punished "pour encourager les autres," when detected

welling-houses and public institutions, the expense, delay, and difficulty which would be incurred in calling at every house throughout a town, would make it almost impracticable, and consequently this system is universally combined with that which is known as the bell or signal system, which simply means that the scavenging cart in going its rounds has

eholders are brought out and are placed in the gutter of the street close to the ker

[21]posed of various materials. On one side you may see a well and suitably constructed galvanized

ntally, or purposely, by persons who gain a precarious livelihood by abstracting therefrom, and selling rags, bones, and similar articles, or by the dogs, ever on the alert for a hasty and disgusting meal, and the appearance of the street which has probab

this practice almost universally ado

as may be found to meet the requirements of any district choosing to adopt my system. The modus operandi would be as follows:-The waggon should be drawn through certain selected streets at about 6.30 a.m.; the boxes or cylinders unhung from it, and placed in such suitable and convenient positions as may be found necessary; their distance apart may be about that of the ordinary street lamp posts, and their position may be in the st

om houses, to be openly displayed in the[23] public streets, in the manner previously described, and in preventing the possibility of such refuse being allowed to stay

seholders of that of having a ready receptacle for thei

n, and there is in addition the cleanliness with which this operation could be performed, thus conferring a great boon on the foot passengers in the streets, who, under the pr

existing system, would be considerable, for the cylinders would last a long time without repairs being needed;[24] not so the ordinary dust cart, w

e-to-house visit is impracticable, can be materially improved, I will pass on to the present system

or the purpose of removing the accumulated refuse, are told by the servant that they cannot be admitted, either because it is an inconvenient hour, or that it is washing day, or that being a wet day the scavengers' boots are too dirty to walk over their clean passages or floor, or that the dustbin is not full, and that they must call another day, or some

r distinguishing mark, in a conspicuous place in a window, when the services of the scavengers are required; these cards should be printed and circulated by the Sanitary Authority of the district, who should state on the back of the card the days on which the scavengers wou

house, otherwise they pass on, unless specially called in by th

orning is generally very inconvenient for households of a superior class,

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