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dysentery, Para-Typhoid fever and food poisoning.

In addition 31 samples of various foods were taken
for bacteriological examination as a routine measure.
FACTORIES AND BAKEHOUSES.
The total number of factories on the register at the
end of the year was 268 (218 mechanical, 38 non-mechanical,
and 12 works of building construction).
Three hundred and eight-five visits were made to these
premises, and work was carried out to remedy contraventions
found as under
Want of cleanliness 8 factories
Insufficient sanitary conveniences 1 factory
Defective, dirty or inadequately
lighted sanitary conveniences 28 factories
Other offences, etc. 13 factories
One certificate was issued under section 34 of the
Factories Act, 1937, that the factory to which it related
was provided with such means of escape in case of fire for
the persons employed therein as may "be reasonably required
in the circumstances.
There were 84 outworkers on the register at the end
of the year. 18 visits were made and one infringement
attended to.
MOVEABLE DELLINGS
Forty-nine licences to station and use moveable dwellings
(caravans) were granted during the year. Twenty-four of the
caravans are standing on the Riverhill Estate which has been
leased to a local Sports Club. The remainder are stationed
on odd sites throughout the Borough.
There is one site on which some unlicensed caravans
are parked which is being dealt with.
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