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Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928
These Acts prohibit the sale or use, for the purpose of
making any article of upholstery, cushions or bedding, of
unclean flock manufactured from rags. The expression " flock
manufactured from rags" is defined as flock which has been
produced wholly or partly by tearing up woven or knitted or
felted materials, whether old or new, but does not include flock
obtained wholly in the processes of the scouring and finishing
of newly-woven or newly-knitted or newly-felted fabrics.
There are no manufacturers or wholesale dealers of this
material in the Borough, and it has not been necessary to take
any action under the Acts.
Offensive Trades.
There are no offensive trades in the Borough.
Disinfection.
The Disinfecting Station is housed at the Council's Depot
in Molesworth Street, Lewisham, and the staff consists of the
Superintendent, one Boiler Attendant, and five Disinfectors, two
of whom are drivers for motor vehicles in which the infected
articles are collected and returned. The work carried out during
the year is set out in tabular form below:—
Disease,
Premises
Disinfected.
Rooms
Disinfected.
Articles Removed
and Disinfected.
Scarlct Fever 819 2072 19062
Diphtheria 405 1008 7938
Tuberculosis 168 402 786
Cancer 59 98 795
Enteric Fever 93 304 1961
Other Diseases 177 477 2960
Total 1721 4361 33502
Disinfestalion.—One hundred and eighty-five rooms and 295
articles infested with vermin were disinfected.