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Factories and Workshops.
There are 106 factories and workshops on the register,
in the great majority of which very few people are employed.
Four notices were served respecting cleansing, defective
sanitary accommodation, etc., and complied with.
Rats and Mice (Destruction) Act, 1919.
Complaints were received from various parts of the
district and investigated, 83 visits being paid in this connection.
Poisons were supplied, traps set and lent, and rat
runs gassed. Poison baits were also laid in the sewers from time
to time. When considered necessary, the drains of premises
were tested with smoke.
Shops Acts.
The Shops Act, 1934, which came into force on the 30th
December, 1934, imposes upon Sanitary Authorities the duty
of enforcing the requirements of the Act relating to the
ventilation, temperature and lighting of shops, and the provision
of sanitary accommodation and washing facilities for
the use of persons employed in or about shops.
The shops inspected in this connection during the year
numbered 115, and it was not necessary to serve any notice.
Exemption certificates were issued:—
(1) Sanitary conveniences 1
(2) Washing facilities 1