View report page

24
factories 32, workshops 62; workplaces, nil. One written notice
was served during the year in respect of factories.
The sanitary accommodation was found to be defective at
one factory, and a notice under the Public Health Acts was served
and complied with. Notices were also served in respect of two
other nuisances. These were both complied with.
There were 72 premises in which outwork was carried on.
At 44 of these, the work done was the making up of wearing apparel,
There was no outwork in unwholesome premises.
Shops Acts, 1912-1930.
90 shops were registered and 329 re-visited during 1933
A number of infringements of the laws relating to the closing
hours were reported, and three offenders cautioned.
A whole-time Shops Inspector was appointed at the beginning
of the current year, so these Acts are no longer administered by
this department.
Quarry Fencing Act, 1887.
Notice was served under this Act requesting the fencing of
a gravel pit "dangerous to the public in open or unenclosed land,
within 50 yards of a highway."
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
As heretofore, tins of rat biscuits, rat-lime and paste have been
handed to persons, on request, for dealing with infestations of
rats and mice. A special effort was made in connection with
National Rat Week to deal with these pests and 200 circular
letters were sent to provision merchants, butchers, bakers, farmaers
and occupiers of other premises where rats would be likely to be
found, offering them supplies of poison free of charge together
with advice and assistance. As a result of these letters, six dozen
tins of rat biscuits and other poisons were supplied. Arrangements
were also made to disinfest the Council's now derelict refuse
tip at Marks Gate with cyanide. Two applications of
and one of baiting were carried out and about 40 rats were actually
killed in the open. A report has since been received that when
workmen were removing a sleeper road from the tip', literally
hundreds of rats were found beneath the surface.