[Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough.

  • Merthyr Tydfil (Wales : County). Borough Council.
Date:
1939
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Credit: [Report 1939] / Medical Officer of Health, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the complainant’s and adjoining premises. Three series of baits 1 are laid at each infested premises, with a week’s time intervening | between each. Gratifying results have been obtained by the | added interest taken by the tradesmen and others of the notifi- | cation of the rodents, and it has been seldom necessary to revisit • the premises after three series of baits have been laid. Nothing | is left undone, month by month, to thoroughly>- cope with the ] extennination of the rodents. i i f FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. j I There are 310 workshops and workplaces (including bake- j houses) on the register, and (excluding bakehouses) 455 visits of j inspection were made during the year. ( FACTORIES ACT, 1937. There are 98 factories with mechanical power (including | bakehouses), and 218 visits of inspection were made. j The number of factories where mechanical power is not used i is 121, and the number of visits paid were 337. i SHOPS ACTS, 1912—1938. A Shops Inspector was appointed in December, 1938, and the following is his report for the year :— The Shops Acts 1912-1938 are Acts which, inter alia, make ' provisions for the closing of shops, the health and comfort of em- ployees, and the regulation of hours of employment of young persons employed in wholesale and retail shops and warehouses, cinemas, etc. In connection with the registration and inspection of shops 1,460 visits were paid to shops and other business premises, to • check the hours of employment of yormg persons under the Shops Act, 1934, under the Sunday Trading (Restrictions) Act, 1936, and under the Young Persons Employment Act, 1938. i