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The City Council at its meeting on the 22nd June, 1933, renewed all
the licences for one year, operating from 1st July, 1933, to 30th June,
1934.
The duties of inspection involve visits both by day and by night amd are
carried out by a male sanitary inspector for men's houses and the female
sanitary inspector for women's and children's houses. During the nine
months 136 inspections were made, and generally conditions were found
to be satisfactory.
(2) Seamen's Lodging Houses.—There are none in the City.
(3) Slaughter Houses.—There are none in the City.
(4) Offensive Trades.—There are none in the City.
(5) Cowsheds.—There are none in the City.
(6) Houses Let in Tenements.—The Sanitary Inspectors paid 8,315
visits of inspection to houses of this class. Legal proceedings were taken
in respect of nuisances, &c., at two houses, one of which was the subject
of three prosecutions. Details of these cases are in page 78.
(7) Underground Sleeping Places.
(8) B uteliers' Shops and Stalls.
(9) Dairies and Milkshops.
(10) Ice-cream Premises.
(11) Preserved Meat, etc., Premises.
(12) Bakehouses.
(13) Workshops and Workplaces.
(14) Pag-and-Bone Dealers.—There are 13 premises in the City in
which this business is carried on. No matters requiring attention by the
Department have arisen during the year.
(15) Fried-fish Shops and Fish Curers.
(16) Street Traders.
Particulars relating to premises and occupations included in the
foregoing list, other than Nos. (1) (6) and (14), may be found under the
appropriate headings elsewhere in this report.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.—There is one factory in the City which
comes within the provisions of these Acts. Although rag flock is not
manufactured there, it is used in making up material for mattresses.
Two samples taken were reported satisfactory. One contained 3 parts of
chlorine per 100,000 parts of rag flock and the other 15 parts of chlorine
per 100,000 parts of rag flock.
The maximum amount allowed by the Rag Flock Act is 30 parts
per 100,000.
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