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Preliminary notices were served with regard to twenty-three infringements
of the statutory requirements, sixteen for failure to exhibit appropriate
notices, four for sanitary accommodation and three for Sunday
Trading. Nineteen notices have been complied with (including ten notices
outstanding at 31.12.60).
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953
Three inspections were made under the Act. One informal notice
was served and complied with.
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926
Five Public Health Inspectors are appointed as authorised officers
for purposes of this Act. A great deal of this work is done among the
stall holders in the district.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
Four licences have been granted in respect of premises used as Pet
Shops, all of them dealing mainly with fish and birds.
The premises have been inspected and found satisfactory.
Rag Flock and Others Filling Materials Act, 1951
Three premises used for upholstering are registered in accordance
with Section 2 of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
Two samples of coir fibre were taken and proved to be satisfactory.
The prescribed Analysts are—The Chiltern Research Laboratories
Ltd., of 23, West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
The number of premises licensed under Part IV of the Surrey County
Council Act, 1931 was 6, of which 3 were for the practise of chiropody,
two for massage etc. and one for electrolysis. The last named business
was discontinued during the year. All were visited and found to be
conducted satisfactorily.
National Assistance Acts, 1948—1951
These enactments provide inter alia for the removal to a place of
care of any person who by reason of age or infirmity is living in insanitary
conditions and is for this reason a risk to their own or other people's
health. There was no occasion to use this power during the year. The
chief difficulty, as stated in earlier reports, is not to compel individuals
to enter homes, but to find sufficient accommodation for those who are
in urgent need of it.
Section 50
There was no necessity, during the year, for the Council to arrange
for the burial of any person for whom no other arrangements were being
made.
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