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PIGEON DESTRUCTION
Complaints were received during the year and, as a result of
these and daily routine visits to the numerous sites of congregation,
almost 4,000 pigeons were destroyed.
OFFICES, SHOPS & RAILWAY PREMISES ACT, 1963
Work under this Act to provide improved and well maintained
working conditions in shops and offices has made steady progress.
Nine hundred and twenty-one detailed primary inspections were
made and, where necessary, employers were requested to deal with
the contraventions found. These numbered 421 and were mostly of
a varied character. The most common types of contraventions
found were failure to provide first-aid equipment and thermometers
to register room temperatures, unsatisfactory condition of
and obstruction to floors, passages and stairs, and inadequate
washing facilities.
The total number of visits made for all purposes was 1,652
and it was found generally that employers showed a willingness
to comply with the requirements of the Act. In no case was it
found necessary to resort to legal action.