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trol, destruction of vermin and insect pests, disinfection,
ponds, ditches and watercourses.
II. Air Pollution, viz: smoke control areas, height of chitc
neys, new furnaces, the Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods)
Regulations, 1958, grit and dust, byelaws re new heating
and cooking appliances, pollution from road vehicles, pollution
from railway, measurement of atmospheric pollution,
publicity, co-ordinating committee.
III. Pood, viz:- milk supply, ice cream, inspection of meat and
other foods, food hygiene, hawkers of food, sampling of
food and drugs, food poisoning, complaints about food, inspection
of food premises.
IV. Housing, viz:- inspection, repair, demolition, closure,
overcrowding, certificates of disrepair, improvement grants,
moveable dwellings, new houses.
V. Factories, Shops, Offices, etc. viz:- inspection of factories,
outworkers premises, shops, offices and workplaces.
VI. Miscellaneous duties, viz: - Noise Abatement, Petroleum
(Regulation) Acts, 1928-36, Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Act, 1951, Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act,
1952, Pet Animals Act, 1951, Agriculture (Safety, Health &
Welfare Provisions) Act, 1956, Public Health Acts Amendment
Act, 1907 (Dealers in Old Metal), swimming pools, official
searches.
Appendix 1(a) Prescribed Particulars on the Administration of
the Factories Act, 1937.
(b) Outwork.
Appendix II Rodent Control statistical report.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Councillor Mrs. Johnson and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
JOHN S. HODGINS.
Chief Public Health Inspector.
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