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Bombed Sites.
Accumulations of refuse on bombed sites present a considerable problem to local
authorities. In very few cases are the accumulations such as to warrant the service of
notice in respect of a "nuisance"; and there is also the difficulty of assessing responsibility
for the accumulations. In 1949 the Council made a by-law governing fly tipping on
vacant sites in the Borough, but considerable difficulty is experienced in tracing offenders.
Sites cleared by Council, e.g., bedding removed 15
Sites cleared as a result of the service of notices under
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936 3
War-Time Reservoirs for Emergency Water Supplies.
It has been agreed by the Home Office that the cost of cleansing emergency water
tanks should rank for 75% grant under the Civil Defence Act, 1948, the remaining 25%
of the cost to be borne by the London County Council as fire authority, and that the
work of cleansing be done by the Metropolitan Borough Councils as agents for the
London County Council, As a result of this arrangement seven emergency water tanks in
Holborn were cleansed during the year.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
This Act, the Poisons Rules, 1952/54, and the Poisons List Order, 1952/54, regulate
the sale of poisons, and every local authority is required to keep a list of persons who
are entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List.
During the year 1954, 33 applications were received for retention on this Council's
list. Two applications were received for entry on the list.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
This Act and the Regulations of 1951, require the registration of premises where
specified filling materials are used in connection with certain upholstering and fillingprocesses,
and require premises used for the manufacture or storage of rag Hock to be
licensed.
Five premises in the Borough are registered under the Act, but no premises are
licensed for the manufacture or storage of rag flock.