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Inspections under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.—
There are 478 factories, workshops and workplaces on the
Register, to which 82 visits of inspection were made. Six
written noticcs were served, referring to sanitary conveniences
and other nuisances. At the end of the year a revision
of these premises was in progress.
Shops Acts, 1912-1913.—One thousand five hundred and
three visits were made to the occupied shops in the district
for the purpose of observing contraventions of the Acts.
In two cases legal proceedings were instituted as under:
1.—Against a firm for failing to close four of their
shops on the usual weekly half-holiday.
Fined Five Guineas (including Costs).
2.—For failing to close shop at 8 p.m. on a Sunday.
Fined One Pound (including Costs).
Towards the end of November, the Home Secretary made
an Order suspending the operation of the General Early
Closing Order from 17th to 24th December, 1927, inclusive.
As is usual, this did not relieve occupiers of the obligation
to comply with the weekly half-holiday order in force in
the district, and, as a result, numerous questions as to the
position of local shopkeepers were dealt with by the Department.
Observations were kept throughout the district in the
week preceding Christmas week, when the provisions of the
Act were found to have been rigidly adhered to.
Slaughter Houses and Food Inspection.—The number of
registered slaughter-houses is five. Three of these, however,
have not been used for some considerable time.
One hundred and eighty-one inspections have been made
during the year, whilst slaughtering was in progress, and all
animals killed in the town have been examined prior to being
exposed for sale.
The following is a list of organs, etc. condemned and
destroyed, together with the cause for such action:—
1 Sheep's Liver Caseous Lymphadenitis.
1 Sheep's Lungs Strongylus Rufescens.
1 Sheep's Pluck
1 Pig's Liver Echinococcus Cysts.
13 Ox Livers (183-1bs.) Flukes.
4 Pig's Plucks Pneumonia.
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