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During 1951 no prosecution was instituted under the Factories Act,
1937.
STAFF.
The permanent establishment of Sanitary Inspectors was increased
by one during the year, bringing the Inspectorial staff up to 12, including
the Chief and Deputy Chief Inspectors, as compared with 8 in 1914.
The population per Sanitary Inspector in Hampstead is now 1 :8,146.
Mr. Sidney King was appointed a full-time Mortuary Keeper, vice
Mr. P. Not, who was formerly employed as Mortuary Keeper-cumAssistant
to the Sanitary Inspectors and who resigned during the year.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951.
The administration of this Act falls to the Public Health Department,
and the Sanitary Inspectors and I have been authorised to act as Inspection
Officers. Although this is a comparatively modest additional burden,
there are some somewhat complex practical difficulties arising in connection
with the licensing and inspection of pet shops, whch require
careful investigation.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951.
This Act came into operation on the 1st November, 1951, and is
another example of the diverse legislation with which the officers of the
Public Health Department must cope.
The Act makes it obligatory for manufacturers, retailers, and other
users of rag flock or other prescribed filling materials to be registered or
licensed by the local authority as the case may be.
Upholstering, etc., may only be done on registered premises.
Offences in respect of the manufacture and sale of unclean filling materials
are prescribed, also powers of entry, inspection and sampling.
WHITESTONE POND.
I continue to receive complaints, during the summer period
especially, of this pond being unfit for children bathing and paddling.
The following precautions continue to be taken by the Council:—
(1) The pond is regularly emptied and cleansed.
(2) During the summer the pond is dosed twice daily with
sodium hypochlorite and copper sulphate.
(3) Notices are erected drawing attention to the fact that the
pond is not maintained for bathing and paddling.
FLOODING BY STORM WATER.
The sewer relief works were completed early in 1949, and although
there has been no rainstorm quite comparable with those which caused
the previous floodings, it is again gratifying to report that there has been
no inundation of dwelling-houses in the Sumatra Road and Netherwood
Street areas. Nevertheless, the Borough Engineer emphasises that the
works which have been carried out cannot, owing to the physical condition
of the areas concerned, be regarded as a remedy for all flooding.