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Southwark 1961
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS
In accordance with Section 18 of the L. C. C. (General Powers)
Act, 1954, relating to hairdressers and barbers' establishments,
four such premises were registered during the year.
The total premises registered at the end of the year were 83.
RENT ACT, 1957
The following table gives a summary of the action taken in regard to the issue of Certificates of Disrepair.
| Application | 7 |
| Decisions to issue certificates | 6 |
| Undertakings by landlords to carry out repairs | 3 |
| Certificates issued | 3 |
| Certificates refused | - |
| Applications withdrawn | - |
| Applications by landlords for cancellation of certificates | 6 |
| Objections by tenants to cancellation of certificates | - |
| Decision by Local Authority to cancel in spite of tenants objections | - |
| Certificates cancelled by Local Authority | 3 |
RAG FLOCK & OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
During the year 2 samples were taken and submitted to the
prescribed Analyst, Mr. G. Ginger, F. C.S., Chiltern Research Laboratories,
Ltd., High Wycombe, Bucks. These samples complied with
the requirements of the Regulations.
Five premises are registered for the use of filling materials
and two licensed for manufacture or storage of Rag Flock.
The Rag Flock & Other Filling Materials Regulations 1961,
operative from August 1st, superseded the 1951 and 1954 Regulations.
In addition to defining used wood wool as a filling material
to which the Rag Flock & Other Pilling Materials Act 1951
applies, they prescribe standards of cleanliness for filling
materials; the form of certificate to be issued by analysts, and
the form in which records are to be kept of occupiers of premises
registered under the Act or licensed for the manufacture or storage
of rag flock.