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Prior to the National Rat Week held during the first week
in November, double crown posters were displayed on various
posting- stations throughout the District, and also exhibited on
the Council's vehicles and by various tradesmen in their shops,
drawing attention to the week in question and asking for
special efforts to be made for the destruction of the vermin. A
supply of Buletin No. 30 issued by the Ministry of Agriculture
and Fisheries was also available in the Department for supply
to applicants..
Special attention was given by the Department during Rat
Week in connection with private and business premises
suspected of being infested, and I am sure the publicity given
each year is responsible for the destruction of a large number
of rats, particularly during the week in question.
Common Lodging House. Visits were made to the one
Common Lodging House in the District, and the premises were
conducted in a satisfactory manner.
Temporary Shelters for Fruit and Vegetable Pickers.
These shelters are periodically visited during the season of
occupation, and the requirements of the Byelaws in respect to
cleansing and sanitary accommodation, etc. duly observed.
The majority of these temporary workers have now their
own caravans, and a few only of the shelters at the farms were
used for living or sleeping purposes.
Tents, Vans, Etc. A good deal of trouble was experienced,
particularly during the spring and autumn months, by persons
of the gipsy type occupying caravans, taking unauthorised
occupation from time to time of waste land and portions of
undeveloped building sites in the District.
Constant inspection was necessary of the areas favoured by
these persons, and when their presence was discovered on any
land, assistance from owners or estate developers in their
removal was readily forthcoming.
Shops Acts. 337 Visits and Observations were carried out
in connection with these Acts. 134 infringements were discovered,
the bulk of which being the absence of forms as
prescibed by the Acts, and these were provided by the
defaulters in all cases upon informal action.
Particulars of infringements :—
Shops not closed on half-day as fixed 4
Selling goods after Statutory hours 7
Absence of form re half-holiday 45
Absence of form re hours of working 24
Absence of record re Sunday Employment 1
Absence of Abstract of Act 23
Absence of Notice re seats for females 30