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PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951.
Licences to sell pet animals were issued to proprietors of eight
premises. Supervision of these shops entailed ten visits and it was
found that the sale of pets was on a small scale. No contraventions
were detected.
PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS, 1928 AND 1936.
Mr. J. C. Kermode, Chief Public Health Inspector, is the
Inspector appointed under the above Acts.
Petroleum spirit and/or petroleum mixtures are stored at
63 premises, under licence. The total capacity is as follows:—
Petroleum spirit in tanks 166,970 gallons.
Petroleum mixture in tanks 8,990 gallons.
Petroleum spirit in cans in approved stores 100 gallons.
Petroleum mixture in cans in approved stores 2,203 gallons.
178,263 gallons.
Carbide of calcium 100 lbs.
A small quantity of petroleum is also kept without a licence,
under the terms of the Petroleum Spirit (Motor Vehicles, etc.) Regulations,
1929.
The total quantity of spirit and mixtures continues to increase.
More of the latter is being used in commercial processes, whilst
garage proprietors, when renewing underground storage tanks frequently
replace old 500 gallon installations with tanks of 2,000 or
3,000 gallons capacity—an obvious necessity in modern times.
All new equipment is tested whilst being installed.
PUBLIC CLEANSING. REFUSE COLLECTION AND
DISPOSAL.
I am indebted to the Cleansing, Salvage and Transport Officer
for the following information.
The volume of refuse is still increasing and this is in line with
the general trend throughout the country, due in a large measure
to the increased use of electricity and oil for heating. This trend
demands changes in our transport requirements which means
vehicles of larger capacity, with a high degree of packing in order
to maintain schedules. Compression of refuse within the vehicle
is now an important factor to avoid the uneconomic use of transport.
The number of premises cleared was in the region of 29,000
and as some of these buildings, particularly the large ones, use
more than one bin, the number of journeys made by the collectors
is substantial. It is estimated that 1,560,000 calls were made last
year.
In addition to dealing with special accumulations from trade
premises, arrangements are in force for this service to be provided
to individual householders. A charge is made, based on the actual
cost of the job plus the usual oncosts.