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London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1960.—Section
14 of this Act enables Metropolitan Borough Councils to deal with
"any dust or other airborne particles caused by any trade business
process or manufacture and being a nuisance or injurious or
dangerous to health" as a nuisance under Section 82 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936.
Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act, 1960.—
Operative from 29th August, 1960, this Act seeks to make further
provisions for the licensing and control of caravan sites, to authorise
local authorities to provide and operate caravan sites and to
amend the law relating to enforcement and certain other notices
issued under the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947.
In general, London is excluded from Part I of the Act which
refers to caravan sites, their provision and licensing etc., such
control being covered by Sections 22 and 23 of the L.C.C. (General
Powers) Act, 1959.
Oil Burners (Standards) Act, 1960—This Act, operative from
1st January, 1961, enables the Secretary of State to make regulations
providing, inter alia, for minimum standards of efficiency
and safety in respect of oil burning appliances.
Officers of a local authority are authorised to carry out
inspections to determine whether such regulations are being
observed.
Factories Acts, 1937/59. Under these Acts the principal
functions are administered by the Ministry of Labour and National
Service through H.M. Factory Inspectors. The Sanitary Authority
is charged with the duty of enforcing the legislation as to sanitary
accommodation in all factories in its area and in those factories
where mechanical power is not used, the following: —
Cleanliness
Ventilation
Temperature
Overcrowding
Drainage of floors
All factories must have an adequate supply of drinking water
from a public main or some other source approved in writing by
the Council.
During the year 276 inspections were made by the Council's
Inspectors in relation to the 505 registered factories. The latter
figure includes 85 premises where mechanical power is not used.
Defects were found in 16 instances, all of which were remedied.