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Disinfection and Disinfestation.
Disinfection of Homes.
All houses are disinfected as a routine practice after the
occurrence of Scarlet Fever or Diphtheria, being fumigated
with a Formigator left for six hours. The rooms of the Estate
houses are subsequently distempered by the L.C.C. Authorities
Rooms vacated by tubercular persons are fumigated on request.
It was pointed out to the Council that such fumigation walargely
ineffective and unnecessary, and it was suggested thai
the practice should be discontinued.
Bedding.
By arrangement with the Joint Hospital Board, bedding
can be removed and stoved at the hospital, at the expense of
the owner.
There are no facilities in the district for the cleansing
of verminous persons or their belongings.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act 1919.
Rats in this locality are limited to confined areas, namely
the refuse tip, farms and premises on made soil. Use is
still being made of the rat poison obtainable at the Sanitary
Department.
Smoke Abatement.
No action has been necessary during the year lor the
abatement of smoke.
Offensive Trades.
Following the declaration of the trade or business of Rag
and Bone Dealers and Fish Fryers as Offensive Trades, byelaws
were confirmed with regard to the conduct of these
businesses by the Ministry of Health in October, 1928.
Fried Fish Shops.
There are now 10 fried fish shops in the district compared
with 2 in 1919 and 4 in 1926, the corresponding figures for
fishmongers' shops being 14, 2 and 4.
During the year 2 fish frying vans were disapproved and
their use discontinued. Not included in the above figures, one
application for permission to commence fish frying was made