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Vacant Sites, Static Water Tanks, etc.
Nuisances caused by the dumping of rubbish and the accumulation
of rainwater in disused static water tanks, and the dumping of rubbish
on cleared sites, is still proving a problem, but the number of complaints
is gradually diminishing due to the sites being used for rebuilding and
other purposes.
Arrangements are in operation whereby the Council are empowered
to clear static water tanks and to obtain refund of the cost from the
London County Council.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
The principal provisions of the Act are as follows:-
Registration: Premises in which rag flock or other filling materials
are used in upholstering, or the stuffing or lining of bedding, toys, baby
carriages, and any other articles prescribed by regulations, must, with
certain exceptions, be registered with the Council.
Licensing: Premises used for the manufacture or storage of rag
flock (but not other filling materials) must be licensed by the Council.
Entry, Inspection and Sampling: An authorised officer of the
Council has right of entry at all reasonable times to registered or licensed
premises, or premises which he has grounds for believing should be
registered or licensed. He may inspect any articles, and take samples
Inspectors, any filling materials. The Medical Officer of Health, and Sanitary
Inspector, are deemed to be authorised officers.
The Minister subsequently made the Rag Flock and Other Filling
Materials Regulations, 1951, prescribing standards of cleanliness for
each kind of filing material, the methods of testing samples, the nature
of the tests to be applied, the names and addresses of Analysts, the form
of certificate of analysis, and the fees payable.
There are no premises in the Borough dealing with rag flock.
There are, however, six premises at which other filling materials are
used in such circumstances as to require them to be registered.
Resistration of these premises has been duly effected.
Fourteen visits were made to registered premises during the year, but
no contravention of the Act was discovered. Three informal samples
of filling materials were taken and submitted to the Analyst. All were
certified to be in conformity with the Regulations.
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
This Act came into operation on the 1st April, 1952, and is
enforceable by Council, who authorised the Medical Officer of
Health, the Deputy Medical Officer of Health, and the Sanitary
Inspectors to act on their behalf.
The object of the Act is to regulate the sale of pet animals, with
particular reference to their welfare while kept for sale in pet shops.
A pet shop may not be kept except under the authority of a licence
grantedd in accordance with the provisions of the Act. The keeping