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1930]

Dust Receptacles Provided.—During the year 1,275 dust receptacles
were provided.
NUISANCES BY DOGS.
On occasion we still receive requests for copies of the poster approved by the
Public Health Committee in 1925 in reference to the fouling of the footways bydogs.
On the 19th July, 1930, the new bye-law made by the Borough Council
came into force:—" No person being in charge of a dog in any street or public
place and having the dog on a lead shall allow or permit such dog to deposit its
excrement on the public footway. Any person offending against this bye-law
shall be liable to a penalty not exceeding forty shillings."
DISTRICT INSPECTORS' WORK.
During the year the fourteen district inspectors made a total of 54,003
inspections and calls, a decrease of 1,890 inspections on the corresponding period
of 1929; while 12,069 improvements were effected in 5,474 premises; as against
13,356 improvements in 5,492 premises for the preceding year.
Synopsis of Inspectors' Work.—The following statement gives a brief
synopsis of the district inspectors' work in 1930 :—
House to house inspections 3,280
Other inspections of dwelling houses 2,652
Re-inspections and calls made 46,092
Visits of inquiry re notifiable infectious diseases 3,836
Butchers'shops, stalls, etc. (Saturday nights) 61
Ice cream shops and factories 121
Dairies and Milkshops 702
Stables and yards 537
Urinals attached to Public Houses 215
Smoke observations 128
Notices Served.—There were 4,604 intimation notices served by the
inspectors with respect to nuisances. In 584 instances it became necessary, as
the intimations to owners or occupiers of the properties had been ignored, to
report the nuisances to the Public Health Committee, who ordered statutory
notices to be served.
Verminous Premises—Bedding and Clothing.—103 rooms which
were found to be in a verminous condition were fumigated. In 18 instances it was
necessary to remove the bedding and clothing to the Disinfecting Station for
purification or destruction.
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.—These Acts prohibit the sale or use,
for the purpose of making any article of upholstery, cushions or bedding, of
unclean flock manufactured from rags. The expression " flock manufactured
from rags " is defined as flock which has been produced wholly or partly by
tearing up woven or knitted or felted materials, whether old or new, but does not
include flock obtained wholly in the processes of the scouring and finishing of
newly-woven or newly-knitted or newly-felted fabrics.
In the routine inspections, the Sanitary Inspectors found no cause for action
to be taken.