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Ninety-six inspections were made of shop premises.
All were found to comply reasonably with the provisions of the
Act.
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952
The Act prohibits the sale or letting of unguarded
domestic electric fires, gas fires or oil heaters; empowers
authorised officers of local authorities to inspect and list
appliances kept on any premises for sale or letting and imposes
penalties for contraventions. No contravention of the Act was
reported.
THE RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
There is one firm in the Borough of Hampstead whose
premises are registered for the use of filling materials used
in manufacturing bedding and other articles of upholstery.
One inspection was carried out which showed the premises to be
in a satisfactory condition.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES
There are no common lodging houses in the Borough.
ROAD TRAFFIC ACT, 1956, SECTION 42
There is only one shop in the Borough retailing
protective helmets for motor cyclists to which this Section
applies. Visits were paid and all helmets found to conform to
the British Standards Specification.
SLUM CLEARANCE PROGRAMME 1956-60
Premises remaining to be dealt with:
No. of Dwellings
Quex Mews 5
Elizabeth Mews 6
Steeles Mews North 6
Cottage Mews 3
Loveridge Mews 8
None of these areas is large enough to be redeveloped
for housing purposes without additional land and adjoining properties
in all cases are not at present representable as clearance areas.
Several of the individual dwellings in the original list have
been so improved that they are not now representable but their