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3. For prescribing the precautions to be taken
against infection and contamination.
4. For the registration of ice cream vendors,
manufacturers, shops, stores, carts and places of
manufacture.
OFFENSIVE TRADES.
Section 51 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1907,
came into force in this district on 31st May, 1910, and it is
necessary under this Section to specify which trades are offensive.
The matter has been before the Council on two occasions, and
so far the following trades have been declared offensive by the local
authority:—
Blood-drier.
Tanner.
Leather-dresser.
Fat-melter or Fat-extractor.
Glue-maker.
Size-maker.
Gut-scraper.
Fish-frier.
Parchment-maker and Marine store dealer.
In the case of the last named, it is to be noted that all parts
of this trade are not necessarily offensive, and it will probably be
necessary before the sanction of the Local Government Board can
be obtained to the order, to specify the articles dealt in which
make certain departments of this trade offensive.
Since the Council's resolution on November 22nd, 1910, declaring
the above trades to be offensive, the question of establishing
a varnish-making factory within the district has been before the
Council. In order to give the Council discretionary power to
deal with such questions as they arise, it is necessary that
varnish-making and all and every offensive trade should be added
to the above list. This matter is at present under consideration.