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PIGEON DESTRUCTION
Complaints were received during the year and, as a result
of these and daily routine visits to the numerous sites of congregation
3,897 pigeons were destroyed.
OFFICES, SHOPS & RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963
Work under this Act to provide improved and well maintained
working conditions in shops and offices has made very good
progress. One thousand nine hundred and sixty-four detailed
primary inspections were made and, where necessary, employers
were requested to deal with the contraventions found. These
numbered 747 and were mostly of a varied character. The most
common types of contraventions found were failure to provide
first-aid equipment and thermometers to register room temperatures,
unsatisfactory condition of and obstruction to floors, passages and
stairs, and inadequate washing facilities.
The total number of visits made for all purposes was 2,404
and it was found generally that employers showed a willingness to
comply with the requirements of the Act. In no case was it
found necessary to resort to legal action.