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from the occupier of premises an application for the grant or renewal of an
annual licence authorising him to manufacture rag flock or to use his premises
as a rag flock store, may grant or renew the licence on payment of a fee of
One Pound. No licences have been issued in Kensington.
PET ANIMALS ACT. 1951
This Act requires that no person shall keep a pet shop except under
the authority of a licence issued by the Council and in compliance with any
conditions specified in the licence.
During the year, 9 premises were licensed under the Act. The
general conditions for pet shops approved by the Council are those
recommended for their constituent councils by the Metropolitan Boroughs1
Standing Joint Committee.
ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT. 1963
This Act, which came into operation on 1st January, 1964, regulates
the keeping of boarding establishments for animals - defined as any dog or
cat, and provides that no person shall keep a boarding establishment for
animals except under the authority of a licence granted by the Council.
There are no animal boarding establishments in the borough at the
present time.
HEALTH EDUCATION
Health education is an important activity and forms an integral
part of the National Health Service.
For many years, the Council have made an annual grant to the
Central Council for Health Education, which is the body recognised by the
Minister of Health as the medium through which health education material is
distributed throughout England and Vales. For the year 1964/65 the Council
made a grant of £23.0s.0d. Posters, leaflets and other material dealing
with a variety of health topics for display and distribution were obtained
from the Central Council.
After this campaign, posters, leaflets and bookmarks continued to
be distributed during the remainder of the year as part of normal health
education work.
HOME SAFETY
The majority of home accidents, when investigated, show clearly
that human ignorance and carelessness were basic causes. The prevention of
home accidents depends on individuals having the necessary knowledge to
ensure their personal and domestic safety.
The Home Safety Act, 1961, empowers the Council to arrange for
the dissemination of information and advice relating to the prevention of
accidents in the home, and activities under this heading are combined with
the work of health education. Accidents in the home are not required to
be notified in the same way as accidents in factories, and therefore
information regarding home accidents is incomplete.
The London County Council, as the ambulance authority, have been
keeping records of home accident cases (both fatal and non-fatal) removed
to hospital by them. The Medical Officer for the County Council has kindly
supplied me with the following figures for 1964. It has not been possible
to give details of cases by cause in age and sex groups. The figures
relate to Health Division 1, which comprises Kensington, Chelsea, Fulham
and Hammersmith.