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SHOPS ACT, 1950
No exemption certificates under the Act were issued during the
year.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT. 1955
A list of persons who sell poisons included in Part II of the
Poisons list is maintained under the provisions of the Pharmacy and
Poisons Act, 1933.
The number of persons on the list at the end of 1964 was 39.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT. 1951
This Act requires the registration of premises upon which a
business is carried on involving the use of filling materials. The
number of premises registered is 10.
This Act also requires the licensing of premises for the storage
of rag flock.
PET ANIMALS ACT. 1951
Licences have been issued in respect of 2 premises within the
Borough.
HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS
The total on the register at the end of the year was 59 persons
and 51 premises.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948. SECTION 50
Burials carried out under the provisions of this Act totalled
5 adults and one stillborn child.
The total cost was £68.l6.0d of which £61.10.3d was recovered.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT. 1948. SECTION 47
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE (AMENDMENT) ACT. 1951. SECTION 1
It was necessary on one occasion to resort to the powers of
Compulsory Removal. The person concerned was an elderly spinster
of 83 years who had been under observation by the Department for a
number of years. She lived alone in a 3-room first floor flat and
sanitary facilities were located on the ground floor. Shortly before
her removal she took to her bed and got up only for short periods.
She was unable to carry water upstairs or use the toilet, which created
conditions that made it impossible for her to look after herself
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