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Three (4) applications for licences were made and granted
during 1964.
Eight visits were made to Pet Shops during the year.
RAG FLOCK ACT.—Three (3) premises where filling material is
used were on the Register at the end of the year. There are no
premises in the borough where rag flock is manufactured or stored.
PROTECTIVE HELMETS.—During the year shops selling protective
helmets were visited and samples of the stocks were inspected
to ensure that the helmets had been certified by the British Standards
Institution as required by the Motor Cycles (Protective Helmets)
Regulations, 1957. No infringement of the Regulations was found.
ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1963.—This
Act became operative on 1st January, 1964, and provides for a
system of licensing and inspection by local authorities of any
establishment at which a business of providing accommodation for
cats or dogs is carried on.
At the end of the year one application had been received for
such a licence.
BURIALS.—During the year 37 (48) burials and nil (2) cremations
were arranged under the National Assistance Act, 1948.
DRAINAGE RECONSTRUCTION PLANS.—During the year
293 (222) plans were deposited for drainage work in existing
buildings.
MORTUARY.—Bodies from Paddington are now taken to the
St. Pancras Borough Council mortuary when private arrangements
are not made. During the year 292 (318) bodies were taken there.
BAKEHOUSES.—At the end of the year there were 10 (10) level
bakehouses in operation.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.—There are no Common
Lodging Houses in the Borough.
PIGEONS.—Seventeen complaints about pigeons were received
during the year and were dealt with by advice from the Public Health
Inspectors, or by informal action if their congregation was caused
by someone feeding them.
PUBLIC SWIMMING BATHS.—Water for the two swimming
baths in the Borough is supplied from the Metropolitan Water
Board's mains. Apart from routine tests by the Baths' staff, 12
samples were taken for bacteriological and chemical analysis by the
Public Analyst during the summer months.
FOOD SUPERVISION
Unsound foods.—Approximately 6 (6) tons of diseased or
unsound food was seized or surrendered for destruction. Diseased
meat is incinerated, and other condemned food disposed of through
the normal refuse channels.