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INTERVIEWS
A considerable amount of the time of the staff of the Health
Department is taken up in interviewing members of the public
who call at the offices for advice on matters concerning health
and complaints as to the condition of their houses.
During the course of the year 473 members of the public were
afforded such interviews.
DISINFECTION
Number of houses disinfected after infectious disease and
verminous cases 272
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., disinfected 3,381
Number of Library books disinfected 415
Number of articles of clothing, bedding, etc., destroyed 69
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951.
The Act controlling premises in which these materials are
used came into force on 1st November, 1951. Six premises have
been registered for the manufacture of new articles containing
filling materials.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
This Act, which controls the keeping of a pet shop, came into
force on the 1st April, 1952.
During the course of the year the 4 premises licensed by the
local authority in 1952 were re-licensed.
THE HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952.
The above Act requiring fireguards to be fitted to gas fires,
electric fires and oil heaters of types so designed that they are
suitable for domestic use, and so constructed that without a guard
there is likelihood of injury by burning, or of ignition of clothing
by reason of contact with, or proximity to the heating element
or flame, came into operation on the 23rd March, 1953, and the
regulations made under this Act come into force on the 1st October,
1954.
Each of the Sanitary Inspectors has been appointed a duly
appointed officer under the Act.