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to these Infectious Diseases, in particular Scarlet Fever, Dysentery
and Food Poisoning, the number of visits is proportionally less.
VERMINOUS PREMISES
No visits were made during the year regarding verminous premises.
SCHOOLS, BROOKS & STREAMS, HAIRDRESSERS
& BARBERS PREMISES
These are routine inspections and do not vary by any extent year
by year.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948—SECTION 50—BURIAL OF THE DEAD
During the year there was a case of a person who died where it
appeared that no arrangements for the disposal of the body had been
made. The Council, under Section 50 of the above Act, made the
necessary arrangements and an application was made to the Ministry
of Pensions and National Insurance for the death grant. Subsequently
the whole of the cost incurred by the Council in this matter was
recovered.
SHOPS ACT
Routine inspections of shops under this Act have continued and no
serious contraventions have (seen observed during the year. Some of
these inspections have to be made outside office hours and on Sundays
in order to ascertain that the closing hours and the provisions regarding
Sunday trading are being observed.
One warning letter was sent to a trader concerning the sale of a
cleaning preparation on Sunday.
FACTORIES
Routine visits to factories and outworkers for the purpose of the
Factories Act were made during the year and a total of 196 inspections
were made.
No contraventions of the Act were found and consequently no
notices were served. The number of factories without mechanical
power has continued to reduce and there are now only three such
factories in the district. The small number of these factories can
quite easily be understood when the definition of " mechanical power "
is such that an electric drill will exclude a factory from this category.
HOUSING
At the beginning of 1960 there were eight houses on which demolition
orders had been served but the premises had not been demolished
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