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City of Westminster 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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London Building Constructional Byelaws
During the year, the City Council decided to raise no objection to a
proposal put forward by the London County Council, to make a byelaw
under the London Building Act (Amendment) Act, 1935, and the Clean
Air Act, 1956, requiring that every new building should be provided with
either such appliances for heating or cooking as are suitably designed for
burning gas, electricity, coke, or anthracite, or appliances of a description
exempted by an Order in force under the Clean Air Act.
Pollution from oil-fired furnaces
One aspect of the atmospheric pollution problem which is causing
concern in Westminster and elsewhere is the emission from certain
oil-fired furnaces of very fine soot and smuts which are produced when oil
is burned in an atomised or mist form.
Investigations are being made into this new form of pollution of the
atmosphere.
Analysis of Legal Proceedings, 1959
| Fines | Costs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| £ | s. | d. | £ | s. | d. | |
| Food and Drugs Act, 1955. | ||||||
| Selling food not of the quality demanded by the purchaser (section 2)—14 convictions | ||||||
| (All these cases were granted an absolute discharge on payment of costs) | 21 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Selling food not of the nature demanded (section 2)—1 conviction | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | ||
| Giving a false label or advertisement to food (section 6)—1 conviction | 1 | 10 | 0 | — | ||
| Failing to comply with the Food Hygiene Regulations, 1955: | ||||||
| Insanitary premises and equipment— 22 convictions | 462 | 10 | 0 | 123 | 18 | 0 |
| Smoking whilst handling open food (unwrapped tomatoes)—1 conviction | 10 | 0 | — | |||
| Totals | £466 | 0 | 0 | £144 | 18 | 0 |