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(m) Rent Restriction Acts—Certificates of Disrepair.
Fourteen applications ware received for certificates which
ensured speedy execution of repairs.
(n) Prosecutions.
The following statement gives a summary of legal proceedings
instituted during the year:—
Public Heath Acts, ,1875-1936—
(i) Abatement of Nuisances—
Cases withdrawn (Nuisance abated) 18
Order made with penalty 1
Cases adjourned to 1939 1
(ii) Exchanging articles for rags—
Penalty inflicted 1
(iii) Water Supply—
Case withdrawn (water reinstated) 1
(iv) Unsound Food—
Cases adjourned to 1939 2
(v) Movable Dwellings: Allowing land to be used for
camping purposes without licence—
Cases withdrawn (vans removed) 1
(vi) Bye Laws respecting Tents, Vans, and Sheds—
Cases withdrawn (Vans removed) 15
Penalty inflicted 9
(vii) Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act—
Penalty inflicted 2
(viii) Milk and Dairies (Consolidation) Act, 1915—
Penalty inflicted 2
(ix) Milk and Dairies (Amendment) Act, 1922—
Penalty inflicted 2
(x) Rag Flocks Acts—
Penalty inflicted 1
Shops Act, 1934.
The following is an extract from the Annual Report of the
Chief Shops Inspector for the year 1938:—
Arrangements for health and comfort of workers.
The arrangements at 1,333 shops were investigated, and in
194 instances were found unsatisfactory. Verbal intimation
notice was given in 97 cases and 89 written intimations were ser-