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Diseases of Animals Acts—Tuberculosis Order, 1938.
Two cases of Tuberculosis in dairy cattle were reported by the
Veterinary Officers of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries on
the 22nd June and the 28th September last. The animals were
destroyed and the usual Notices for the cleansing and disinfecting
of the cowsheds, etc., were carried out in accordance with the
regulations pertaining thereto.
Diseases of Animals Acts—Swine Fever Order, 1938.
In consequence of information received from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Fisheries on the 29th October and the 28th November
last, it was found necessary to place two piggeries in the Ham area
under "Movement Restriction" notice owing to suspected Swine
Fever. After the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries Officers had
made exhaustive enquiries, followed by post mortem examinations,
the disease was not confirmed, and the Orders were cancelled after
a period of 28 days.
Factories Act, 1937.
The above Act which repeals the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, came into operation on the 1st July, 1938. The new Act
consolidates the Act of 1901 and the various supplementary Acts
passed between that date and 1929, and brings into one Statute
the requirements that have hitherto been scattered in a number
of different Acts.
The Act of 1937 gives Local Authorities many new increased
powers and duties but they share with H.M. Factory Inspectorate
the enforcement of certain other requirements.
The new Factories Act abolishes the distinction between a
factory and a workshop. The expression "workshop" disappears
and only one term "factory" is employed. For certain purposes
a distinction is drawn in the Act between factories where mechanical
power is used and factories where mechanical power is not used.
The particular provisions of the Act which it is the duty of
the Local Authority to enforce are with respect to cleanliness;
overcrowding; temperature; ventilation; drainage of wet floors and
sanitary accommodation in factories without mechanical power,