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PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS, 1928 AND 1936.
Mr. A. V. B. Allen is the Inspector appointed under the above
Acts.
Fifty-six licences were issued to store Petroleum Spirits and
Petroleum Mixtures.
The total storage capacity licensed during the year was:—
Bulk storage—98,195 gallons in underground tanks.
Can storage—10 gallons.
Petroleum mixtures in special stores—4,605 gallons.
VERMINOUS CONDITIONS AND UNCLEANLINESS.
During the year. 17 complaints were received of infestation of
premises by bed bugs. This shows a continued low number of
complaints and it appears that bed bug infestation is well under
control.
The number of houses and/or their contents found to be
infested was nine (including six in the Council's possession). In
suitable cases, and on the request of tenant or owner, the disinfestation
of the premises and contents were simultaneously carried out
by the Department. In other cases, the premises were disinfested
by the owners, and the contents by the tenants. In all necessary
cases, bedding was steam disinfected by the Department.
The usual method of disinfestation is to spray with D.D.T.
Fluid. Close supervision was made of premises which had been
disinfested, and the tenants were given suitable advice and instruction
on methods of prevention and destruction of vermin.