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Hairdressers and Barbers.—Under Section 18 of the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1954, with certain exceptions,
no person shall carry on the business of a hairdresser or barber
on any premises in the Borough unless he and those premises are
registered by this Council.
Byelaws made by the Council under Sub-section 4 of Section
18, were confirmed by the Minister of Housing and Local Government on 21st August, 1956, and became operative on 1st October
of the same year.
Premises registered at 31st December, 1963 62
Persons registered at 31st December, 1963 67
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.—The
introduction of this Act, which became operative on the 1st Nov
ember, 1951, brought about the repeal of the previous Rag and
Flock Acts of 1911 and 1928 as well as Section 136 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936.
This Act seeks to secure the use of clean filling materials in
upholstered or other articles which are stuffed or lined and it can
be said to be a consolidation of the previous Acts of 1911 and 1928.
It is the duty of the Local Authority to enforce the Act and the
Medical Officer of Health and the Public Health Inspectors, being
duly authorised officers of the Council, have the right at all reasonable times and on production of their "authority" to enter and
inspect premises and take samples for the purposes of the Act.
Three premises, at which filling and upholstering with new
materials is carried out, remained on the register at the end of the
year. No licences in respect of the manufacture of Rag Flock
were issued.
Based on the standard of cleanliness of filling materials issued
by the British Standards Institution in 1960, regulations prescribe the standards of cleanliness for each type of filling material
to which the Act applies, analysts and their fees and all records
necessary for these ends, and under the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1961, six samples, one each of New
White Cotton Felt, Coir Fibre, Rag Flock, Rag Flock Layered,
New Cotton Felt and Kapok were obtained and submitted for
examination. All proved satisfactory with the exception of a
minor infringement concerning the New White Cotton Felt, to
which the manufacturer's attention was drawn.
Licensing Act, 1961.—This Act, extending to England and
Wales only, was introduced to amend the Licensing Act, 1953, to
make further provisions concerning the sale and supply of intoxicating