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Petroleum Acts.—Fifty-seven applications were received
for permission to keep petroleum, 49 being for the renewal of
existing licences and eight for new ones.
Eighty-five inspections were made of the various premises
in respect of which' licences had been issued.
Diseases of Animals Acts, 1894 to 1911.
Parasitic Mange.—No case of this disease was notified during
the year, but one affected horse remaining under treatment
at the close of 1922 was, towards the end of January, certified
to have recovered. The necessary cleansing and disinfecting of
the premises was executed and the restrictions subsequently
withdrawn.
Foot and Mouth Disease.— During the year quite a large
number of orders were issued by the Ministry of Agriculture,
placing towns within the Infected, Restricted, and Prohibited
areas. On two occasions Wimbledon was for a long time in
the prohibited area, and, consequently, animals could not be
moved into, within, or without, the district, except under
licence. Special attention was at all times paid with respect
to the condition of animals brought into the district under
licence. In November, the Ministry gave permission for licences
to be granted for the killing of pigs on piggery premises, thus
minimising the movement of animals. Twenty-one licences
were issued, and numerous inquiries were dealt with during the
periods of the Orders.
Rent (Restrictions) Acts, 1920 and 1922.
Under these Acts, twenty-two applications were received
from occupiers of premises for inspections to be made, alleging
that their premises were not kept in all respects reasonably fit
for human habitation, or were otherwise not in a reasonable
state of repair. This necessitated a survey of the whole of
these houses, both internally and externally and the preparation
and serving of notices specifying in detail the works to be
executed in order to make the premises in all respects reasonably
fit for human habitation. Certificates were granted in
eighteen cases. In seventeen cases the works were executed by
the owners, and remaining one was still being 'dealt with at
the close of the year.
Offensive Trade.—In October, the Committee had before
them an application for consent to establish a
fish-frying business on premises in a main road. The
application was received only two hours prior
to the Meeting, and consequently consideration was
adjourned until the November meeting. In the meantime
a petition requesting the Council not to grant the licence was
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