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No charge is made for the use of the Rodent Operator's services in treating
private domestic premises, provided that the occupiers co-operate in carrying out
their duties under the Act.
The cost of treatments at all other premises is recoverable.
PET ANIMALS ACT. 1951.
This Act came into force on the 1st April, 1952, and gives the local
Authority, inter alia, power to grant licences to persons to keep pet shops for the
sale of pet animals and to attach to the licences conditions concerning the cleanliness
and general management of the premises.
Three Licences were granted during the year following inspection of the
premises.
RAG FLOCK ACT. 1951.
This Act which cams into force on the 1st November, 1951, creates controls
over the use of filling materials in the making of upholstery. There are no
premises liable to registration within the district.
DISINFESTATIONS.
One infestation of bed bugs has been treated during the year, and a further
nineteen premises were sprayed with a D.D.T. solution, or otherwise treated, for
infestations of ants, fleas, cockroaches, etc: thirty wasps' nests were destroyed.
PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS 1928 AND 1936.
There are thirty-eight persons licensed to store petroleum and petroleum
mixtures upon the Register. The Licences are for varying quantities from 10 gallons
to 6,000 gallons. The total quantity of petroleum spirit and mixtures which may be
kept in the various stores is 28,100 gallons and 100 lbs. One hundred and six
inspections were made, but there was no serious breach of the Regulations to report.
One Licence was issued for the storage of 112 lbs. of Carbide of Calcium.
The scale of fees for Licences to Store Petroleum ranges from 5/- for a
quantity not exceeding 100 gallons to £1 for 1,000 to 5,000 gallons, and £2 for
6,000 gallons.
I am,
Yours obediently,
J. B. WILSON.
Chief Sanitary Inspector.