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Diseases of Animals Act, 1950 and Other Acts Relating to Animals
By arrangement with the City Council the Corporation of the City of London acts for them on an
agency basis in connection with duties under the Diseases of Animals, Riding Establishments,
Performing Animals, Pet Animals and Animal Boarding Establishments Acts where veterinary
sen/ices are involved. Officers of the Corporation undertake routine inspection of animals in transit
and inspections for licensing purposes under the Riding Establishments Act, together with inspections
specifically requested by the Medical Officer of Health of Westminster. All other necessary
inspections are made by the public health inspectors. The Corporation issues any notices and
advertisements which may be required under these Acts but licensing and registration of residents
or premises in Westminster is undertaken by the City Council.
Fertilisers and Feeding Stuffs Act, 1926
Six (5) samples were taken during the year, four of which were fertilisers and two plant foods.
All were found to be satisfactory.
Pharmacy and Poisons Acts, 1933 and 1941
At the end of the year the names of 143 (159) traders were on the Council's lists of persons
entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the poisons list, the number of premises concerned
being 194 (206).
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
Under the provisions of this Act various types of premises concerned with the upholstery trade or
with the provision of materials for the trade must be registered or licensed with the local authority.
At the end of the year 24 premises were on the register and one was licensed for storage purposes.
Verminous Persons
The cleansing of persons baths at Lissonia and Wedlake Street dealt with 810 (861) verminous
persons: adults 569 (631)—men 428 (520), women 141 (111); children 241 (230)—boys 43 (45),
girls 198 (185).
Scabies
The two establishments mentioned in the foregoing paragraph treated 452 (295) scabies
patients: adults 312 (208)—men 138 (115), women 174 (93); children 140 (87)—boys 32 (25),
girls 108 (62).
Special Laundry Service
The Department continues to operate a service for laundering bad linen and clothing of the
acutely ill, incontinent, or very dirty and verminous old people. In certain cases a certificate is given
by the Medical Officer of Health under the provisions of Section 84 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
The work is carried out by the staff of the Department's Laundries at 217 Lisson Grove and, to a
limited extent, at Wedlake Street Baths. During 1966, 8,027 (6,270) bags each containing about
10 lbs. of soiled linen were collected, laundered, and returned to the owners.
During the year, the laundry at Lissonia was reconditioned, and resulting from the installation of
additional washing and ironing equipment, the output of laundry work since re-opening has increased
by approximately 30%. Whilst the laundry was out of use the service was, with the kind co-operation
of the Manager of Baths and Halls, continued in old laundry premises at Wedlake Street Baths.
Disposable Incontinence Pads
In response to Ministry of Health Circular 14/66, a service was inaugurated in May, 1967, for
patients resident in the City, on written application by a General Practitioner or District Nurse, to be
supplied free of charge with disposable incontinence pads and, where required, protective rubber
pants. These are either collected by the patient or his representative from a stipulated convenient
Centre, or, where necessary, delivered to the patient's home by a Council van. If difficulty is experienced
at the home in disposing of the soiled pads, these are placed in disposable waterproof bags,
collected by the van delivering new supplies and, through the kind co-operation of St. Mary's
Hospital, Harrow Road, taken to the hospital for incineration.
During the year, 104 patients received deliveries of supplies and 37 arranged for them to be
collected from the Centres.