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Wells.
Bacteriological and chemical analyses of water from 8 deep wells in
industrial use in the Borough are made periodically and the results
reported to this Department. All were reported as being satisfactory.
Workplaces.
There are known to be 521 workplaces in the area (other than those
premises covered by the Factories Act, 1937).
Work Executed by the Council in default of Owners.
Work was carried out by the Council at the following premises, in
default of the owners, from whom the stated costs incurred were recoverable
Rat harbourage removed and preventive measures taken
(Section 4. Prevention of Damage by Pests Act. 1949).
20/44 Watney Street £165. 11. 6
This refers to a large parcel of land, comprising 12 properties
situated in one of the Council's street markets, which had been a
source of nuisance for some time. After some considerable time and
effort had been expended in tracing the owners, they eventually agreed
to pay the Council's contractors to remove the refuse constituting the
rat harbourage and to erect a fence around the site in order to prevent
the accumulation of further rat harbourage. The cost of the work was
met by all the owners except one who lives in New Zealand, and whose
share of the cost was registered as a Lsnd Charge on the property.