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very fair, it was reported as having improved. In the South division
cleanliness was reported as only very fair in one case. In general it
appeared that much less work was being done than in the previous six
months. This may have been due to the seasonal variation as between
the months preceding Christmas and the months in the earlier part
of the year.
At the end of the year in one case in the West division adverse
comment was made, cleanliness being reported as only fairly good and
the sanitary accommodation as satisfactory but in poor repair. In the
North division four cases were found where cleanliness was only fair
and in one of these the sanitary accommodation was only fair. No
comment was called for in respect of the South division.
Dog nuisances
The Council operates a byelaw to prevent the fouling of the public
footpath by dogs. The form of the byelaw is as follows :—
(1) No person being in charge of a dog in any street or public place having
the dog on a lead shall allow or permit such dog to deposit its
excrement upon the public footway.
(2) Any person offending against this byelaw shall be liable to a penalty
not exceeding forty shillings.
Complaints are sometimes received from members of the public
and the police, but difficulty is experienced in enforcing the byelaw
owing to the fact that it only relates to dogs which are on a lead, and
possibly from the reluctance of witnesses to appear in court to give
evidence.
Several complaints were received during the year. Legal proceedings
were taken with respect to 5 cases, fines ranging from 2s. 6d. to 10s. Od.
being imposed, and a warning letter sent to the remainder.
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This Act came into force on November 1, 1951, and repealed the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.