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OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Number on the Register—13.
During the year 115 inspections have been made of the
13 businesses carrying on the trade of fish frying, which is the
only class of offensive trade now in the Borough. Two
contraventions of the byelaws were found and remedied, and,
generally speaking, the businesses were found to be well
conducted.
Three applications were received during the year to
establish the trade of fish frying, one of which was granted, and
the other two refused.
PIGGERIES.
There are now only three premises in the Borough where
pigs are kept, two such premises having been removed during
1938.
RAG FLOCK ACTS, 1911 and 1928.
Six samples of rag flock were taken during the year under
the above acts, and all were found to comply with the Rag
Flock Regulations, 1912.
The amount of soluble chlorine in the form of chlorides
removed by thorough washing with distilled water at a
temperature not exceeding 25 degrees Centigrade from 50
grammes of the samples was found to be as follows:—
No. 1 sample—not to exceed 18 parts per 100,000
” 2 ,, -,, ,, ,, 15 ,, ,, ,,
” 3 ,, -,, ,, ,, 5 ,, ,, ,,
„ 4 „ —practically nil „
„ 5 „ —not to exceed 10 parts per 100,000
,, 6 ,, -,, ,, ,, 20 ,, ,, ,,
NOISE.
There has been a large increase in the number of
complaints received regarding noise. During 1938 no less than
518 visits were made. The majority of these complaints,
naturally, are made by residents whose houses adjoin industrial
zones. Whilst there must be some boundaries on which
residential zones meet industrial zones, the difficulties are
obvious where dwelling houses are in close proximity to
factories. For example there are instances of factories on
one side of a road, with residential dwellings immediately
opposite. In other cases dwelling houses back on to factories,
the gardens of the houses forming the only intervening space.
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