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Common Lodging Houses.
There are eleven Common Lodging Houses in the Borough.
Most of these have been adapted to meet the requirements of the
Common Lodging House Bye-Laws. The total number of beds
at these houses is 666.
The Sanitary Inspectors pay periodical visits, and during the
year 152 inspections were made, but it was not found necessary
to serve any statutory notices.
No applications have been received for the registration of new
premises.
Rag Flock Act.
There are four premises dealing with rag flock. It has not
been found necessary to take any action under the Act during 1928.
Offensive Trades.
Mainly at the instigation of the Public Health Department
many thousands of pounds have been spent during the past couple
of years by owners upon installing in Factories improved apparatus
for dealing with offensive fumes and for appropriate storage
accommodation.
There are thirty premises where statutory offensive trades
are carried on in the Borough. They include:—
Fat Melters and Bone Boilers 21
Fish Skin Dressers 1
Chemical Manure Manufacturers 1
Degreasing Bones and Glue-making Contractors
1
Soap Boilers 3
Gut Scrapers 1
Fish Waste Collectors and Fish Meal Manufacturers
1
Tripe Dressers 1
No applications have been received during the year for the
establishment of offensive trades within the Borough.
All premises where these trades are being carried on are
subject to constant supervision, and may be said to be carried on
with as little nuisance or inconvenience to the general public as
possible.
Bye-Laws are in force, as under, in respect of the time and
manner of conveyance of offensive material through the streets,
but it has not been necessary to take any action this year:—
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