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means of preventing or counteracting noise or vibration have been adopted.
Also that not only may the Council take act:on but that any three occupiers
of premises may firstly make complaint, as to a noise nuisance, to a justice
of the peace, for action directly by the Court.
In the latter hi If of the year a portable sound level meter was
purchased and test readings were made in various parts of the district
where factories etc. were adjoining residential properties in order to get
some practise in using the instrument and to obtain some comparisons of levels
of noise.
The first complaint received was investigated and tne management of the
factory acquainted with our readings and interpretations. Seven days later
the company requested us to take further readings, following adjustments and
alterations which had been made to a sand blasting machine. Considerable
improvement had been made and no further complaints were received.
Other similar matters have been dealt with and so far we have had good
co-operation from the factory owners.
In the absence of legal standards, it may be difficult to decide
particularly on 'border lin$ cases what is, or is not, a nuisance since so much
depends upon the individuals opinion.
The noise level meter gives some indication of comparable noises but
certain individuals may be super sensitive to noise and made so irritable or
nervous as to consider unreasonable a noise that others would not notice unduly.
PETROLEUM (REGULATION) ACTS. 1928 AMD 1936.
Thirty premises in the district were licensed for the storage of petroleum
spirit and petroleum mixtures, one less than last year.
One licencee increased his storage capacity by 1 ,000 gallons and turned
one tank of 500 gallons over to Diesel Oil. One other licencee changed his
500 gallon tank to Diesel Oil and does not therefore need a licence.
The process of testing the older installations, in line with the