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RENT & MORTGAGE INTEREST RESTRICTIONS
ACTS, 1920-1939
Thirty-eight certificates as to the 6tate of repair of dwelling
houses were issued during the year under the above Acts.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES
There are four women's and two men's common lodging
houses in the Borough, which are fully occupied nightly.
Forty inspections of these premises were made by the Sanitary
Inspectors during the year, 12 of men's lodging houses and
28 of women's. 9 Intimation notices were served in respect
of Women's Common Lodging Houses, of which 5 have been
complied with.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951
This Act which came into operation on November 1st 1951,
is founded upon the recommendations of the Interdepartmental
Committee on the Rag Flock Acts under the Chairmanship
of Lord Merthyr, whose report was published in 1946, and
sets up a system of control of the filling materials used in
upholstery. The Act repeals the Rag Flock Acts 1911 and
1928 and Section 136 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1936, and makes it unlawful, in the course of a business, to
use certain filling materials (specified in the Act) for the
purposes of upholstering, the stuffing or lining of bedding,
toys, baby carriages and certain other such articles, except
at premises registered by the local authority.
The sale of unclean filling materials is made an ofience.
Additional safeguards are provided for rag flock which may
be manufactured or stored only at licensed premises. The
sale of rag flock not coming from licensed premises is an
offence.
The duty of enforcement of the Act in Southwark, including
inspection of premises and sampling, are placed upon the
Publio Health Department.