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the local authority must be a party to any agreement affecting the
rent. (Local Authorities are liable under Section 4 (4) of the Act
of 1955 to pay part of the rent in respect of these houses).
In connection with notices of increase served in respect of
derequisitioned properties, 282 investigations were made into the
department's records of the respective premises.
Factories Acts, 1937/48. Under these Acts the principal
functions are administered by the Ministry of Labour and National
Service through H.M. Factory Inspectors. The Sanitary Authority
is charged with the duty of enforcing the legislation as to sanitary
accommodation in all factories in its area and in those factories
where mechanical power is not used, the following :—
Cleanliness
Ventilation
Temperature
Overcrowding
Drainage of floors
All factories must have an adequate supply of drinking water
from a public main or some other source approved in writing by the
Council.
During the year 443 inspections were made by the Council's
Inspectors in relation to the 499 registered factories. The latter
figure includes 87 premises where mechanical power is not used.
Defects were found in 17 instances, all of which were remedied.