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Other Matters
A considerable number of other contraventions were dealt with under the
Act during the year. Many of these included defects notified under the
Hoists and Lifts Regulations, 1968. As the "competent person" carrying
out the technical examination of lifts, as required by the Act, are generally
engineers employed by insurance companies, the owners of lifts are
usually co-operative in the matter of repairs. Letters from this Authority
and ensuing inspections have been successful in most cases in the implementation
of the Regulations. A total of 52 such letters were sent out in
1971.
As previously mentioned in the report, inspections were carried out during
the year on a number of food premises, which were dealt with in regard to
the Regulations as well as for the Food Hygiene Regulations.
Part of the duties of the section involves advisory work regarding Council
property and in this respect co-operation with the Factory Inspector, who
is of course, responsible for the administration of the Act in such premise
On several occasions, joint visits to Council property took place.
(3) Accidents
Once again, the number of accidents reported this year proved to be in
excess of the previous year's total .In all, 44 accidents were reported
and none of these were of a fatal nature.
During the latter part of the year we undertook the task of circulating
all the firms in the Borough coming within the jurisdiction of the Act,
to remind them of their obligation to report accidents to the Local Authority.
Some 2,075 letters were sent to the occupiers of the shops, offices,
warehouses, etcetera concerned, with the clerical side of the section
mainly responsible for the efficient completion of this operation.
The results of our efforts in this area should be known by the time next
year's report is drafted and be of considerable interest.
Eighteen of the reported accidents were investigated. No prosecutions were
deemed necessary, ten firms were given informal advice and two formal
warnings were sent.
The following table shows the primary cause and the type of premises in
which the accidents occurred:-
Table-see overleaf
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