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Chimney stacks repaired 11
Staircases repaired 4
Doors repaired 7
Internal plaster repairs 58
Sash cords renewed 11
Dustbins provided 29
Accumulations removed 27
All ponds and ditches in the Borough where mosquito breeding
was likely were sprayed with insecticide twice during the year and
larger areas where mosquitoes were found to be breeding but spraying
was impracticable, were treated with a fog generating apparatus with
satisfactory results.
Disinfestation of dust chutes at the Council's blocks of flats was
carried out by means of the high pressure fogging apparatus which
was most effective: all school canteens were similarly treated.
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Noise Abatement Act, 1960.— Legal proceedings were instituted,
under the above Act, against a street vendor for sounding loudspeaker
chimes on an ice-cream vehicle outside the permitted hours. At the
hearing on 5th July the defendant pleaded guilty and was fined £2
with £2 2s. costs.
Food and Drugs Act, 1955.— Legal proceedings were instituted,
under the above Act, against a firm of bakers in respect of a case of
bird droppings in a loaf of bread. At the hearing on 29th November
the defendants pleaded guilty and were fined £50 with £5 5s. costs.
PETROLEUM LICENCES
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts, 1928 and 1936, and Petroleum
(Mixtures) Order, 1929.— One hundred and five licences to store
petroleum spirit and/or petroleum mixtures were issued for a total
of 261,573 gallons (inclusive of cellulose solutions).
Petroleum (Carbide of Calcium) Order, 1929.— Two licences
were issued for the storage of 1,224 lbs. of carbide of calcium.