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Outworkers who are sub-contractors are normally occupiers of
Premises registered as Factories and inspected as such.
Domestic outworkers are visited in their homes to ensure that
work is not carried out in unsuitable surroundings.
Number of visits to domestic outworkers 81
Number of notices served in respect of unsatisfactory
conditions Nil
Smoke Abatement.
Five complaints were received and 108 observations made during
the year in regard to smoke emission.
No notices were served.
Generally speaking I am of opinion that there has been some
diminution of atmospheric pollution in recent years.
Verminous Premises and Articles.
During the year 454 premises were found to be verminous, and
disinfestation measures were carried out.
Similar measures have been carried out on certain other occasions
on request. In all disinfestation measures were carried out in
483 premises.
The measures adopted have been the spraying of the room
thoroughly with a D.D.T. Solution on one occasion, and the steam
disinfection of the bedding in most cases and whenever considered
necessary.
As a routine measure for the control of vermin, disinfestation is
carried out in the case of tenants moving into the Council's Housing
Estates (other than Post-War Estates), or requisitioned property.
This was carried out on 164 occasions during the year. The normal
routine is for old accommodation of the prospective tenant to be
sprayed with a D.D.T. Solution some days before the removal, and
at the same time for the proposed new accommodation to be treated
in the same way. On the day of removal bedding is collected from
the old address, steam disinfected in the Council's ovens, and then
removed to the new premises. In the case of Post-War Estates
the Council has entered into arrangements for the furniture and
effects to be treated with hydrogen cyanide gas before removal to
the Estate.