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No action was necessary for any offences under the Acts,
Pet Animals Act, 1951
18 applications for licences were received and granted during the year.
All premises were kept under observation.
Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963
1 application for a licence was received and granted during the year
The premises were kept under observation.
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1959
Section 22 of the above Act forbids the use of land within the Borough
as sites for moveable dwellings unless licensed by the Council.
The Council may also attach to any licence granted under this Section
such conditions as they think fit on the number and class of caravans
kept on the site, the space between such dwellings, fire protection, prevention
of nuisance from noise, and for securing adequate water supplies
and sanitary conditions
Two sites for which licences are issued to private individuals house
six caravans.
Hairdressers and Barbers
Under Section 21 of the Greater London Council (General Powers Act
1967) as from the appointed day no person shall carry on the business of a
hairdresser or barber on any premises in the Borough, unless he/she is
registered for those premises by the Borough Council (The appointed day
for the London Borough of Hammersmith was 1st April 1968)
By the end of the jiear 172 premises were registered
All new applicants are asked to display on their premises, in addition
to the statutory requirements of certificate of registration and byelaws, a
copy of their price lists.
Summonses - Proceedings instituted during the year
Public Health Acts 109
Food & Drugs Act, 1955 and
regulations made thereunder 113
Housing Act 7
Offices, Shops and Railway Premises
SEWERAGE
The main sewers and the sewerage disposal system in London are the
responsibility of the G.L C. Rainwater and soil sewage are carried in the
same sewers, but the arrangements for Hammersmith are not yet adequate
inasmuch as some basements in the Borough are liable to flooding from time
to time when heavy storms cause the sewers to be surcharged
Water Supply
I am indebted to Dr. E Windle Taylor, Director of Water Examination
for the Metropolitan Water Board, who kindly supplied the following reports
B.15