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Outworkers.
Sixteen lists of Outworkers were received during the year,
and the following are details of the trades involved, together with
the number of persons employed:—
Trade No. of outworkers employed
Clothing 67
Cardboard boxes 1
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Section 134.
No instances of work in unwholesome premises were found, no
notices were served, nor were any prosecutions undertaken.
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952.
No contraventions were found during the course of the year.
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
Licences in respect of six premises were granted or renewed during
1963 and twenty visits were made by the Public Health Inspectors.
No nuisances or defects were found.
The pets sold from these shops consist mainly of birds, fish and
tortoises.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949.
The number of inspections and treatments carried out were as
follow: —»
Total number Number of
of inspections. Infestations cleared.
Local Authority's property 16 8
Dwelling houses (including Council
houses) 5,238 578
Business premises 167 29
In addition, the Council's sewers were test-baited early in the
year to ascertain the areas of infestation and this was followed up
by treatment with poison bait in September. The degree of infestation
was found to be negligible.
Public Conveniences.
The Local Authority's eight public conveniences are situated in
Orpington Town (3), Petts Wood (1), St. Mary Cray (1), Green Street
Green (1), Farnborough (1) and Biggin Hill (1).
Wilful damage and misuse continues to be a problem but the
system of inspection and cleansing undertaken during the hours of
opening by a mobile cleaner appears to be working well as no complaints
from members of the public were received.