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Housing Act Overcrowding.
There were no cases of overcrowding to report to the Public
Health Committee during 1959.
Work in default.
Six dustbins were supplied to five houses under the provisions of
Section 75 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Other work executed by the Local Authority.
The Council undertook to renew eight manhole covers and
frames on lengths of public sewers. One house was disinfested
(bugs) under Section 83 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Wasps Nests.
The work in destroying wasps nests continued during the year
in which 216 nests were successfully destroyed.
Meat Inspection.
Inspections of the local wholesale meat depot have been made
during the year.
There has been a marked increase in the amount of meat preparation
for manufacturing purposes. In general a reasonably high
standard of hygiene has been maintained.
As mentioned last year the Depot is a convenient place to check
retailers' vans, and in two cases proceedings were instituted against
retailers for unsatisfactory vehicles.
CLEAN AIR
I am pleased to report definite progress during 1959.
In Circular No. 5/59 the Minister asked local authorities within
"black" areas to consider their domestic smoke problem as a whole
and to decide the Smoke Control Orders needed, in which priority
they should be made and how many years it was likely to take to
complete the job. Local authorities were then asked to prepare a
phased programme for establishing Smoke Control areas over the
next five years.
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