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Shops Acts, 1912/1936.
19 special visits of inspection were made to shops during
the year. Six contraventions of provisions of the Shop Acts
were remedied without resort to legal proceedings.
Smoke Abatement.
15 visits to premises were made in connection with a
nuisance from smoke, which was abated.
Swimming Baths, Pools and Water Sampling.
Three samples of lake water submitted for analysis were not
found to be materially polluted. A sample of boiled water from
a copper pan used for tea making disclosed 4.6 parts of zinc per
million, which is somewhat excessive for potable purposes. A
subsequent sample from the same source proved satisfactory.
Verminous Conditions and Uncleanliness.
The Sanitary Inspectors made 209 inspections in connection
with eradication of bugs and dirty conditions. 26 infestations
and 25 dirty conditions were successtully abated.
The Property Manager had no reports of serious infestation
on the Council's Housing Estates, and records a negative
return for 1945.
Particular attention was given to the routine of instruction,
inspection and treatment regarding uncleanliness among children
returning home after evacuation.
The School Nurses made 11,835 inspections of children for
head vermin during 1945, and of this number 184 children were
found unclean in a minor degree.
Scabies and Impetigo.
Associated with uncleanly and verminous conditions are
the common skin infections, as scabies and impetigo. Where
crowding exists and personal hygiene is neglected prevalence
of these infections will become widespread. Generally, there
was a lessening of cases coming under notice of the services
ouring 1945.