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Sanitary Inspection of the District.

On the Administration of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901.
In this district there are 48 factories, 85 workshops, and 82
workplaces, to which visits were paid during the year as follows:—
Factories 37, workshops 45, workplaces 120. Two written
notices were served during the year in respect of factories, and
3 in respect of workshops.
The sanitary accommodation was found to be defective at one
factory and insufficient at two factories, and notices under the
Public Health Acts were served and complied with. Notices were
also served in respect of two other nuisances. These were both
complied with.
There were 93 premises in which outwork was carried on.
At 71 of these the work done was the making up of wearing apparel.
There was no outwork in unwholesome premises.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
The same procedure operated during the year as in the past
in connection with rats and mice. Poisons were supplied upon
request and during Rat Week posters were exhibited and circular
letters sent out. A number of rat burrows were treated with smoke
by means of rockets with fair results. In addition, 11 notices were
served during the year, seven of which were complied with.