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Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952
The public health inspectors are authorised for the purposes of
inspection and testing of heating appliances under the Act.
44 inspections were made during the year.
Registration of hairdressers
Under s.18 of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1954, no person may carry on the business of a hairdresser
or barber on any premises in a borough unless he and those
premises are registered by the borough council. Exceptions are
for premises which are visited only by appointment with a customer,
and for a person who in effect is doing hairdressing on his own premises
part-time and who does not employ any other person to assist him.
Registration in the first place is automatic on application, and a register
is kept for the purpose.
By the end of the year 150 persons were registered.
Byelaws governing the conduct of these establishments, designed
to ensure cleanliness of the person, equipment and premises, came into
force on December 1, 1955. The standard of hygiene in those visited
up to the end of the year was good.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
During the year 19 premises were licensed as pet shops. In the
main, the sale of pets at these premises consists of cage birds and tropical
and coldwater fish. In general it has been found that pets are kept for
sale under conditions which do not call for any particular comment
and in no case has it been found necessary to attach special conditions
to any licence which has been issued. A report by a veterinary
surgeon was obtained in one case after complaints had been received.
Water certificates
Under the provisions of section 95 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, an occupied house without a proper and sufficient water
supply is a nuisance and if a dwelling-house, is unfit for human
habitation. Further it is not lawful to occupy a house as a dwellinghouse,
subject to certain provisos, until the sanitary authority has
certified that it has a proper and sufficient supply of water.
Certificates were issued in respect of 182 premises and 8 blocks of
flats certifying that under the provisions of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, a proper and sufficient supply of water had been provided.
Factories
Section 7 of the Factories Act, 1937, requiring the provision of
sufficient and suitable sanitary conveniences is enforced by the council
in all factories, whether mechanical power is used in the factory or not.
The provisions of sections, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 6 relating to cleanliness, overcrowding,
the maintenance of a reasonable temperature, the securing of
dequate ventilation of workrooms and the furnishing of adequate