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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Complaints of infestation received 1,264
Premises found to be infested 1,177
Baits laid 41,324
Drains examined 172
Drains tested 187
Drains found to be defective 113
Business
Premises
Dwelling
Houses
Other
Premi ses
Total s
Premises infested
Rats 81
Mi ce 96
177
Rats 561
Mice 438
999
Rats
Mice 1
1
Rats 642
Mice 535
1,177
Premises cleared
Rats 74
Mice 94
168
Rats 535
Mice 426
961
Rats
Mice 1
1
Rats 609
Mice 521
1,130
No charge was made for the treatment of private dwellings but the sum of
£327 19s. 2d. was recovered from the owners of business premises treated
SHOPS ACT, 1950
SECTION 38 (Sanitary and other arrangements in shops). One notice relating
to failure to provide suitable and sufficient sanitary convenience was served
and complied with Exemption certificates relating to sanitary accommodation
continued in operation in respect of ten premises
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
No infringement of the conditions embodied in the licences granted by the
Council was found in any of the eighteen licensed pet shops,
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
Premises registered for the use of filling materials 33
Premises licensed for storage of rag flock 2
Samples of filling materials taken for analysis 48
Samples failing to satisfy the prescribed tests Nil
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952
This Act prohibits the sale or letting of certain heating appliances
without effective fireguards.
Visits to premises selling heating appliances 198
Appliances submitted to the prescribed tests 1,412
Electrical appliances 943
Oil appliances 469
No new appliances were found to be unsatisfactory, but four dealers were
interviewed regarding the sale of secondhand gas fires which contravened the
Regulations.