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31.
Shops Act, 1950
A total of 427 visits were paid to shops under the Act.
Public Swimming Bath
There is one large open air public swindling bath in the district,
the water being supplied by the Metropolitan Water Board. The
method of treatment of the water is continuous chlorination and
filtration and the water has a six-hour turn-over of 130,000 gallons
per hour.
Summaries of the total chlorine and alkalinity readings are
forwarded weekly to the Health Department by the Borough Engineer,
The pool was opened on the 6th May and closed on the 10th September,
1961. The total attendance throughout the season was 191,881, the
highest attendance being on the 1st July when 12,804 persons were
present.
Samples of water were taken from the pool on five occasions and
the results in all cases indicated that the water was of a high
standard of bacterial purity.
Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949
A full time Rodent Operative is employed for rodent infestation
work and whilst there was no evidence of major infestations in the town,
1219 visits were paid to deal with minor infestations at private and
business premises and in connection with sewer maintenance.
The twenty-fifth and twenty-sixth maintenance treatments were
carried out in April and October respectively. In April 178 manholes
were baited and of these 30 showed complete or partial takes; 105
manholes were baited in October, 26 of which showed complete or partial
takes. The Area Pest Control Officer of the Ministry of Agriculture and
Fisheries reports that rodent infestation in the district is very well
controlled.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
3 licences were issued permitting the keeping of pet animals in
accordance with the above Act.
Petroleum Storage
24 licences to store petrol, 4 to store petroleum mistures and 1 to
store carbide of calcium were renewed by the Council in accordance with
the Petroleum Regulations.