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Notices were served for the following conditions:—
Defective floors, walls and ceilings.
Insufficient and defective sanitary accommodation.
Washing accommodation required.
Cooking accommodation required.
Food storage accommodation required.
Cleansing and limewashing.
Dirty and defective stairs and passages.
Balusters missing or defective.
Drains stopped or defective.
Defective sanitary fittings.
Defective roofs, gutters and downspouts.
Want of domestic cleanliness.
Defective windows and sashcords.
Yard paving dirty or defective.
Defective dustbins.
Dampness.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Bye-laws relating to Offensive Trades were adopted during
the latter part of the year 1925.
423 inspections were made of premises where such trades were
carried on and notices issued requiring amendments in accordance
with the bye-laws.
The following are on the register:—
Rag and Bone Dealers 41
Gut Scrapers 2
Fish Friers 61
Rabbit Skin Drier 1
Fellmonger 1
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RAG FLOCK ACT, 1912.
Four samples were obtained from two firms and subjected to
analysis, the results being as follows:—
No. 1 contained 30 parts of Chlorine per 100,000
„ 2 „ 23 „ „ „
„ 3 „ 16 „ „ „
„ 4 „ 12 „ „ „
All the samples conformed to the standard of cleanliness
prescribed under the Rag Flock Act, 1911. The legal maximum
of Chlorine allowed is 30 parts per 100,000.
SMOKE OBSERVATIONS.
During the year 14 observations were made of factory chimneys
for the purposes of detecting offences under The Act. Eight
notices were sent and amendments carried out to stop the nuisance.
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