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DTSTNFESTATION:
Treatment of Verminous Houses.
31 houses were successfully treated.
Privately owned 25
Council houses 6
Inspections were made of furniture and bedding and
rooms in the occupation of tenants before transfer into Council
houses and disinfestation was performed where necessary.
Work of disinfestation is done by the Local Authority or
by Specialist Firms where verminous conditions were discovered,
these cases were followed up after removal.
FACTORIES ACT, 1937:
Number of inspections 103
Notices served to remedy defects 26
Notices complied with 22
Matters notified by H.M. Inspector of
Factories 3
Lists of Outworkers received 60
Outworkers premises inspected 16
Nature of defects remedied at Factories:
Sanitary Accommodation:
Unsuitable or defective 1
Improperly ventilated or defective 4
Want of Cleanliness 5
Other offences 10
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD:
1,991 inspections were made at premises where food
intended for sale for human consumption was prepared, stored
or sold.
During the year the Ministry of Food issued Model Byelaws
under Section 15 of the Food and Drugs Act, 1938, in
connection with the Handling, WTrapping and Delivery of Food.
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