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Six cases of failure to keep the requisite forms were
noted. In seven instances informal notices were served to
remedy various matters connected with the health
provisions and a number of verbal requests were made
for minor matters to receive attention.
During the year the Young Persons (Employment)
Act was passed and comes into operation on 1st January,
1939. This Act is in two parts. Part One contains provisions
regulating the employment of young persons
under the age of 18 employed in certain occupations
which have hitherto been unregulated. Part Two contains
certain amendments of the Shops Acts.
Co-operation is maintained with the Building Department
to see that plans of new shops comply with
the provisions of the Acts.
ERADICATION OF BED BUGS.

The methods employed for freeing infested Council
houses are completely to remove all picture rails, skirtings
and mouldings which are first thoroughly sprayed with
insecticide (Zaldecide). Wallpaper is stripped where loose
and a floorboard taken up in each room. The place is then
sealed up and left for 24 or 48 hours under gas (Cimex).
On opening, the walls are cleansed and any defects
repaired. Before reinstating, the woodwork is cleansed and
the back thoroughly soaked with creosote. The place is
then redecorated and the walls distempered, not papered.
During the year the Council considered the question
of routine action for ensuring that the furniture and
belongings of tenants are free from vermin before being