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HOME COUNTIES (MUSIC AND DANCING) LICENSING ACT, 1926.
HERTFORDSHIRE (MUSIC AND DANCING) REGULATIONS, 1956.
Under the new regulations made by the County Council a report from the
local district council is required regarding the suitability and sufficiency
of sanitary arrangements at premises for Music and Dancing before licences
are issued. Reports were requested in respect of three premises; in each
case the arrangements were satisfactory.
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1951.
This Act controls the use of filling materials in the making of
upholstery. The premises of one furniture manufacturer are registered
under the Act.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951.
This Act 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: one shop gave up this type of business and one changed hands
during the year, leaving four persons licensed in the district. No
complaints were received nor were any major contraventions of the conditions
observed during visits of inspection.
RODENT CONTROL.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act. 1949.
A full time rodent operator is employed for treatment of infestations
of rats and mice. The table on the opposite page gives details of the
work carried out during the year.
A test bait is made of 10% of the soil sewer manholes in the district,
from the results of which are based the two maintenance treatments of the
sewers.
The test bait in April resulted in seven complete "takes" and three
partial "takes" of bait out of a total of seventy-eight manholes tested.
Following this up in may, some thirty-seven manholes were baited; "takes"
were recorded in fifteen cases and these were poison baited. We were