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Old Method.
1st day: Prebaiting with damp
sausage rusk.
2nd day : Renew baits.
3rd day: Poison baiting (zinc
phosphide).
5th day: Inspection.
New Method.
1st day: Prebaiting with damp
sausage rusk + paranitrophenol.
4th day: Renew baits.
8th day: Poison baiting (zinc
phosphide).
11th day: Inspection.
This method was first practised in Richmond during the sewer
treatment in November 1956, and experience during the last twelve
months indicates that the service is more efficient and that infestations
are being limited to certain well-defined sections of the sewerage
system.
SHOPS ACT, 1950.
There are 793 shops on the Department's Register and 90 inspections
were made during the year. This work completed the survey of
shop premises which was started at the end of 1955.
Advice is given, from time to time, on the employment of young
assistants, hours of closing, and other welfare provisions of the Act,
and in no instance was it necessary to resort to legal proceedings to
enforce these statutory requirements.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951.
This Act came into force on the 1st November, 1951 and briefly
its provisions call for the registration of all premises in which Rag
Flock or other filling materials, as defined in Section 33 of the Act
(i.e.: Kapok; Woollen felt; Cotton flock, etc.) are used, in the
manufacture of bedding, toys, babycarriages and other articles of
upholstery.
The Act also calls for the licensing of premises where Rag Flock
is (a) Manufactured; (b) Stored for distribution to registered premises
but no premises coming within this definition are situated within
the Borough.
Only one factory in the Borough has been registered, and no
infringement of the provisions of the Act was observed.
PET ANIMALS ACT 1951.
This Act came into force on the 1st April, 1952 and is designed
to secure for Pet Animals kept in shops, for sale to the Public, suitable
accommodation as regards size, temperature, lighting, ventilation and