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Rag and Bone Dealers.
No complaint or nuisance arose during the year in connection
tion with the 8 premises in the Borough where the business of
rag and bone dealer is carried on.
Shops Act, 1950.
The provisions of the above Act relating to temperature
and sanitary accommodation in shops are the responsibility of
the local sanitary authority. Four-hundred-and-two visits of
inspection were made by the district sanitary inspectors during
the year and one notice was served in respect of infringements
of the statutory requirements. No applications were received
for exemption certificates in accordance with Section 38 (6) of
the Act.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Sellers of poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List
prepared under the provisions of the above Act are required to
be registered with the local authority. New applications for
registration received during the year numbered 30 and there
were 172 applications for renewal of registrations. The district
sanitary inspectors supervised the shops concerned to ensure
compliance with the requirements of the Act but it did not
become necessary for any statutory action to be taken by the
Public Health Department.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
The number of district sanitary inspectors employed was
below the authorised establishment during the whole of 1952.
At the end of the year the retention of the services of the existing
inspectors and the filling of vacancies was beginning to give
cause for anxiety.
The number of complaints received during the year was
5,289, and the sanitary inspectors made a total of 34,440 visits
of inspection. The work of the inspectorial staff is summarised
in the following tables : —
SUMMARY OF WORK CARRIED OUT DURING THE YEAR 1952.
Inspections :—
Nuisance inspections ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,624
Offensive trades ... ... ... ... ...... ... ... 2
Smoke observations ... ... ... ... ...... ... 44
Drainage, new and existing ... ... ... ... ... ... 5,343
Overcrowding ... ... ...... ... ... ... ... 1,075
Factories and workplaces ... ... ... ... ... ... 332
Outworkers' premises ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 104
Rag and bone dealers ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 3