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DUSTBINS.
Twenty-seven dustbins were provided as a result of
notices served. Four of the notices were statutory and the
remainder informal.
The service of a statutory notice under Section 75 of the
Public Health Act,1936, requiring the provision of a new dustbin
has become almost a major operation. The Council is empowered
to serve on either the owner or the occupier and whichever is
selected has a right of appeal.
This ambiguity has led to Court actions in various parts
of the country which have failed to clarify the position, and
it remains for the Council after considering all relevant facts
to decide which party shall be held responsible, bearing in mind
that the chosen party may appeal to the Courts if dissatisfied
with the decision.
The Council had four such decisions to make during the
year, and in each case called upon the occupier to provide the
new bin.
The decisions of the Council have only once been
challenged when in 1948 an occupier appealed and the Magistrates
ordered the owner to provide the bin.
The Council's scheme for the sale of new dustbins has been
continued on slightly modified lines, and has proved acceptable
and useful. One hundred and sixteen new bins were sold during
the year.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS.
The new Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act with
its accompanying Regulations came into force on 1st November,
1951.
A survey of the district showed very little activity in
work coming within the scope * of this legislation and only two
premises have been registered.
DISINFECTION.
(a). During the year disinfection was carried out at thirty-nine
premises in which the following diseases occurred:-
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Anterior Poliomyelitis (or suspected) 8
Scarlet Fever 5
Smallpox contact 1
Tuberculosis 23
Meningococcal infection 1
Typhoid (suspected) 1
Disinfection was also carried out at nineteen other premises
on request, the occupier in each case paying the cost.
33.