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If, on registered premises, there are unclean filling materials,
the occupier shall be guilty of an offence. It is also an offence to
sell or offer for sale any article which is upholstered with unclean
filling materials (second-hand articles are excepted).
Inspections of the registered premises were made during the year
and three samples of rag flock were taken for analysis. They were
reported to be satisfactory.
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, seven premises were licensed under the Act.
No contraventions of the Act were found during regular inspections of
the premises, and at all times the stock was well cared for and
maintained in accordance with the conditions specified in the licence.
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 1961
This Act empowers the Secretary of State to make regulations
imposing, in respect of any prescribed class of goods, requirements
which are expedient to prevent or reduce risk of death or personal
injury.
THE OIL HEATERS REGULATIONS 1962 and 1966
These Regulations prescribe certain standards of construction,
design and performance with which both new and second-hand unflued
domestic oil heaters must comply, and make it an offence for any
person to sell, or let on hire, or hire purchase, or have in his
possession for sale, any such heater or component part thereof not
complying with the Regulations.
During the year, visists were made to all shops and stalls
displaying second-hand oil heaters for sale to the public. No
contraventions of the Regulations were found.
In addition, investigations were made into all cases of fires
involving oil heaters which were notified to the department by the
fire authority.
ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION
Smoke Control Areas
During the year, the Council decided to make a Smoke Control
Order in respect of the North and South Stanley Wards, bounded on the
North by the centre of Fulham Road, on the east by the centre of Old
Church Street, on the south by the high water mark of medium tides and
on the west by the borough boundary. It has an area of approximately
192 acres (map reference No. C4).
In making this Order, the Council exempted properties in an
area bounded on the north by King's Road, on the east by Ashburnham and
Cremorne Roads, on the south by Lots Road and on the west by the borough
boundary. A number of these properties are to be cleared for the
construction of the West Cross Route scheme and the remainder are
expected to be included in projected schemes by the Greater London
Council at a future date. In estimating the cost of adaptations for
the whole area, no account has been taken of these latter premises.