NRS-16316 | Noxious trades register [Cowra Shire Council]

The origin of the Noxious Trade register was the requirement in the Noxious Trades Act, 1902 for every local authority to keep a register of the name and address of every person carrying on a noxious trade, identifying the premises where the business was performed. Local authorities were required to keep the registers current by deleting the names of people who had ceased to practice the trades. The registers and extracts from them were to be made available to officers of the Board of Health when required. The Councils issued annual licenses to those who carried out the trades and were required to inspect the premises and the machinery, appliances and utensils used for the business and to record the dates of these inspections in the register. Local authorities were also required to report annually to the Board of Health regarding their responsibilities under the Noxious Trades Act and to comply with any regulations or other instructions issued by the Board relating to Noxious Trades. The registered consist of bound form 92. The following particulars of registration are recorded - date of application; date of preliminary inspection before registration; date of registration; name of applicant; address; situation of premises; proposed trade or trades; area of land; nature of water supply; condition of premises as to cleanliness, light, ventilation and draining; number of vehicles used; number of persons employed; means for disposal of liquid refuse; date of approval or refusal of issue of license by the Board; date and number of license issued. Opposite the particulars of registration is the record of inspection. This could include the dates and details of subsequent inspections and cancellation of registration .Volume 2 contains some loose application forms.The noxious trades exercised at Cowra included pig raising, fat extracting, woolscouring and top making. The series apparently closed on 18 November 1991 when the Miscellaneous Acts (Public Health) Repeal and Amendment Act 1990 (Act No 123, 1990) commenced operation