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The Council accepted the recommendation of the Housing Committee
that applications for housing accommodation be accepted from Service
men who have completed regular engagements of a minimum of six
years, provided that in cases where the period is less than 12 years, the
applicant shall show that he has lived continuously in the Borough for
at least 5 years up to the date of his enlistment or in the case of his wife,
that she has a like qualification up to the date of their marriage. All
applicants accepted on the housing waiting list under this policy were to
be informed that they are only likely to be offered the accommodation
in a New or Expanded Town.
SUPERVISION OF OTHER PREMISES
Routine visits are paid by the public health inspectors to such premises
as factories, licensed piemises, cinemas and other buildings.
Factories
There are 530 factories in the district. To these 428 visits were paid.
Seventy-one contraventions were found. Of these 22 were due to want
of cleanliness, 3 in respect of insufficient sanitary accommodation and
22 in respect of defective or unsuitable sanitary accommodation. The
remaining offences were mostly in regard to non-compliance with the
requirements about the exhibition of notices.
Information about matters about which he is concerned are passed
to the Inspector of Factories. He in his turn draws the attention of the
department to those matters which he has discovered and which concern
them.
The building of different premises—blocks of offices, private houses,
shops, etc., has necessitated special attention being given to the provision
of sanitary conveniences for the use of the building employees. Fiftyhve
visits were paid for this purpose. In some instances the use of an
Elsan chemical closet was the only solution.
Local authorities are required to keep a register of outworkers with
a view to action being taken where work is being done in unwholesome
Premises or where there is risk of spread of infection. At the end of the
year, there were 147 outworkers on the register. 106 were engaged on
making or altering wearing apparel, 30 in the making of Christmas
crackers. 170 visits were paid. The premises in all cases were satisfactory.
The Ministry require the inclusion of prescribed particulars about
the administration of tne Factories Acts to be set out in a set form: