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Game Dealers.
Five renewal certificates were issued during the year.
Shops Act, 1934.
Six hundred and eleven visits were made in connection with
the above-named Act.
Sixty-six informal notices were served on owners or occupiers
of shops requiring them to provide and maintain suitable and
sufficient means of heating in accordance with Section 10 (1) (b)
of the Act. Means of heating were provided in 43 shops. Two
statutory notices were served, and the notices in respect of 23
shops were outstanding at the end of the year.
Smoke Abatement.
Systematic observations have been kept on the factory chimneys
throughout the district. One hundred and two visits were
paid to the premises concerned. In all, sixty " time " observations
were made. In consequence of interviews with the parties
responsible, and as a result of advice given by the Sanitary Inspectors
to manufacturers and stokers regarding the common causes of black
smoke and grit emission, much improvement has been effected.
In some instances nuisances were caused through the use of inferior
coal or improper stoking and in other cases owing to the low height
of the chimneys. In connection with two factory chimneys, "gritarresters"
were installed with successful results. It was found
necessary to issue 21 cautionary letters, and two statutory notices.
These were complied with.
Schools.
Forty-nine routine inspections of the sanitary accommodation
and water supply of schools were made. The attention of the
Director of Education was called to various matters requiring
attention in nine instances.
Rats and Mice (Destruction Act), 1919.
Three hundred and seventy-five visits were paid in connection
with complaints received, and rat biscuits were issued to the
occupiers of 67 premises. At 63 premises the source of rat infestation
was definitely traced and the premises freed of rats.