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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Complaints of infestation received 1,559
Premises found to be infested 1,436
Baits laid (Quantities of materials used):
Sausage Rusk 1,230 lbs.
Warfarin 64 lbs
Drains examined 179
Drains smoke tested 114
Drains found to be defective 71

No charge was made for the treatment of private dwellings but the sum of
£555 13s. 2d. was recovered from the owners of business premises treated.
The Borough Engineer and Surveyor's Department undertakes the treatment of
sewers and one such treatment was carried out during the year.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
There are sixteen licensed pet shops including seven stalls in open
markets, in the Borough to which 82 visits were made; no infringement of the
conditions in the annual licences granted by the Council was discovered
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
No new premises were registered for the use of filling materials, but an
annual licence to store rag flock was renewed in respect of one premises
Premises registered for the use of filling materials 38
Premises licensed for storage of rag flock 1
Samples of filling materials taken for analysis 42
Samples failing to satisfy the prescribed tests Nil
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952
This Act prohibits the sale or letting of electric fires, gas fires or oil
heaters which are not fitted with such fireguards as are prescribed by the
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953 made by the Secretary of
State under the provision of Section Five of the above Act.
Visits to premises selling heating appliances 75
Electrical appliances submitted to the prescribed tests 306
Oil appliances inspected 227
No new appliances proved to be unsatisfactory, but dealers found to be in
Possession of secondhand appliances were warned against selling appliances
which might contravene the Regulations