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suspend the payment of increased rent until the necessary works
shall have been completed to the satisfaction of the Sanitary
Authority.
Landlords may also apply to the Sanitary Authority for a
report to the effect that necessary works have been executed to the
satisfaction of the Council.
All applications whether for certificates or reports must be
accompanied by the statutory fee of one shilling.
During the current year there were no applications either for
certificates or reports.
The Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952.—In
pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by section five of the
above Act, the Secretary of State made the Heating Appliances
(Fireguards) Regulations, 1953, to come into operation on the 1st
October. These Regulations require fireguards to be fitted to gas
fires, electric fires and oil heaters which are so designed that they
are suitable for use in residential premises and are of such a type
that, without a guard there is a likelihood of injury by burning.
The standards of construction and fitting for guards and the tests
to be employed in ascertaining whether guards comply with those
standards, are set out in the Schedule. Regulation 4 gives an
exemption from the Regulations in the cases of sales for scrap.
Under Regulation 5, heating appliances, other than imported
appliances, manufactured before the date of the coming into operation
of the Regulations and not fitted with the requisite guard may
be sold or let until the end of September, 1954.
Powers and duties of the Council under this Act have been
delegated to the Public Health Committee and inspections are
carried out by the Sanitary Inspectors.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.—This Act came into force
on 1st May, 1936, and has for its object closer control of the sale of
poisons and poisonous substances. Under it the Medical Officer of
Health and the Sanitary Inspectors are appointed to carry out the
provisions referred to in Part II of the Poisons List. These chicfly
relate to the Sale of Poisons used for domestic, horticultural and
sanitary purposes.
During the year 5 applications for licences to sell poisons under
Part II were received, 66 vendors applied for retention in the
Council's List and one vendor requested a substitution of registered
deputy. All were duly considered and approved.
Twenty inspections were carried out in accordance with the
above Act.