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Four complaints were received during the year. Warning letters
were sent in two cases, and legal proceedings were taken with respect
to the other two.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
This Act came into force on November 1, 1951 and repealed the
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928 and section 136 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936. The Act is designed to secure the use of clean
filling materials in upholstered articles and other articles which are
stuffed or lined.
It is an offence, subject to certain provisos, to use filling materials
to which the Act applies for upholstery purposes except on premises
registered by a local authority, and rag flock for filling can only be
manufactured and stored on licensed premises. The local authority is
required to maintain a register of premises used for upholstery and of
premises used for the manufacture and storage of rag flock and to
maintain a list of licences in respect of premises used for the storage of
rag flock. Various penalties are prescribed for noncompliance with
the provisions of the Act.
Standards of cleanliness are laid down in the Rag Flock and Other
Filling Materials Regulations, 1951 in relation to each kind of filling
material described in the regulations, and tests are prescribed which
have to be carried out by approved analysts.
Three premises were registered for the use of filling materials for
upholstery purposes, but to the end of the year no samples had been
submitted for analysis.