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MISCELLANEOUS Section 8
(a) Supply of Dustbins
(i) The number of premises where dustbins are supplied and maintained by the
Corporation in accordance with Section 75(2) of the Public Health Act 1936 was at
the end of the year six thousand, three hundred and twenty-three.
The number of dustbins supplied by the Corporation under this arrangement
during the year was three hundred and five.
In accordance with a hire scheme complementary to the above-mentioned,
ninety three properties were supplied with dustbins. In each of these cases the
dustbins will be paid for by eight annual payments of five shillings.
The total number of properties in the instalment scheme for the provision of
dustbins is one thousand, two hundred and twenty-seven. Therefore the total number
of privately owned premises in the Borough now supplied with standard type
dustbins has reached seven thousand, five hundred and fifty.
(ii) Refuse Disposal. - The Borough Engineer and Surveyor has supplied me
with the following information.
The quantity of domestic refuse collected and disposed of at the Renwick
Road controlled tip throughout the year was 82.981 cubic yards, the average weight
4.7cwt. per cubic yard, and the total weight 19,850 tons.
(b) Offensive Trades
Throughout the year there have been eleven visits to the offensive trade premises
in the Borough.
Type of Trade No. of Premises No. of Visits
Oil Boilers 1 3
Gut Scrapers and Fat Melters 1 8
Soap Boilers (not operating) 2 -
(c)The Diseases of Animals (Waste Foods) Order 1957
Five licences authorising the operation of plant and equipment for the boiling
of waste foods are held by pig breeders in the district.
Thirty-four visits were made to the premises concerned, five contraventions
being observed. These were rectified on service of a preliminary notice.
(d) Pet Animals Act 1951
During the year fourteen inspections were made of the eight licensed premises
in the Borough. All were found to be satisfactory.
(e) Swimming Baths and Swimming Pool
I am indebted to the Borough Engineer who has supplied me with the following
comparative figures:
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