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arrangements at premises for Music and Dancing before licences are issued.
A report was requested in respect of one Hall; the arrangements were
satisfactory and the County Council notified accordingly.
RAG FLOCK ACT, 1951.
This Act controls the use of filling materials in the making of
upholstery. The premises of one furniture manufacturer were registered
under the Act, but this firm moved from the district during the year, and
the register was amended accordingly.
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: four persons are so licensed in this 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 eight complete "takes" and six
partial "takes" of bait out of a total of ninety-two manholes tested.
Following this up in May, some sixty-five manholes were baited; "takes"
were recorded in forty-seven cases and these were poison baited. These
figures show a considerable increase over the previous year. Unfortunately
the second maintenance treatment, in October, was unsatisfactory owing to the
baits being washed away by rain, so that no conclusion could be made as to