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3. Notices Served.
Informal notices served 488
Statutory notices served:—
Section 93, Public Health Act, 1936 54
„ 75, Public Health Act, 1936 7
„ 45, Public Health Act, 1936 2
„ 83, Public Health Act, 1936 1
„ 39, Public Health Act, 1936 3
„ 56, Public Health Act, 1936 3
Legal Proceedings:—
Nine summonses were taken out on account of the failure of
owners to comply with Abatement Notices; in five instances the
Magistrates granted Nuisance Orders which resulted in the works
being carried out, and in the other four cases the work was carried
out before the hearing or on adjournment.
A further summons was taken out in respect of the failure of
an owner to comply with a Nuisance Order; a fine was inflicted
and the work carried out by the Local Authority in default.
Successful proceedings were also taken against the occupier
of dirty and verminous premises.
OFFENSIVE TRADES
There is no establishment in the district carrying on an
Offensive Trade.
THE FACTORIES ACT, 1937
Five hundred and eighty-nine inspections of factories, with
and without mechanical power, have been made during the year.
There are one hundred and fifty factories with mechanical
power and four factories without mechanical power on the register.
classified as under:—
Factories with mechanical power:
Abrasives
1
Fireplaces
1
Aircraft
2
Motor repairs
14
Art reproductions
2
Music rolls
1
Bakers
10
Oil blending
2
Body and coach building
3
Optical lens grinding
1
Boot repairs
14
Plaster plaques
1
Building materials
4
Potato crisps
1
Breeze block making
1
Printing
6
Caravans
2
Radio A
1
Carbon products
1
Refrigerator repairs
1
Cheese
2
Repair of agricultural
implements
1
Chemical engineering
1
Cocoa and chocolate
1
Rubber
1
Cycle repairs
1
Sausages
2
Clothing manufacturers
1
Slab partitions
1
Electrical apparatus
4
Sports equipment
1
Electric transformers
1
Tarmacadam
2
Electric welding
3
Upholstery
2
Engineering
38
Valet services
1
Firelighters
1
Wire
1
Furniture
4
Wood block floors
1
Jams
1
Water ices
1
Joinery
5
Pianos
1
Factories without mechanical power:
Metal and rag sorting
1
Smith
1
Photographs
2
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