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of the Regulations and not fitted with the approved guards
may be retailed until September 1954.
Testing technique will embrace (1) Proximity of heating
filament by use of probe, (2) Strength of guard by application
of weight, (3) Demonstration of ignition hazards by use of
fabric material.
D (5)k Camping Sites
There are no summer camping sites in the Borough,
though 2 sites exist which are subject to licensing by the Local
Authority.
One application to station a caravan on certain land was
refused during the year.
D (5)1 Hop Pickers
There are no hop fields within the district.
D (5)m Mosquito Control
Having regard to the extensive flooding of marsh land
in February special precautionary measures were taken to
preclude any possibility of nuisance during the summer months.
In this regard the many water courses in the Belvedere Marsh
area were treated with an approved larvicide, and this was
wholly successful.
D (5)n Rodent Control
Two operatives are employed on rodent control in accordance
with the provisions of circular N.S. 19, and during the
year Corporation sewers were effectively treated for sewer rats
when 310 manholes were baited. As in previous years, each
complaint of rodents in private or industrial premises was
investigated, and an appropriate charge made for destruction.
For the purposes of the Prevention of Damage by Pests
(Application to Shipping) Order 1951, vessels which are not
sea going ships are regarded as land provided for by the Prevention
of Damage by Pests Act, 1949, and accordingly,
many inspections have been made at the various wharfs in
the Borough as follows:—
Coastwise vessels 47
Tugs 17
Barges 89
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No sea-borne infestation was located.