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by the provisions of Section 133 of the Factories Act 1961 to supply the Council, in
February and August each year, with a list of the names and addresses of all persons
employed by them as outworkers during the preceding six months. Where the outworker
resides in another area, the Council is required to forward details to the local authority
for that area. It is an offence to fail to submit lists of outworkers or to give outwork
to be done in a place which is considered to be injurious to the health of the persons
employed therein.
Statistics will be found on page 127.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
There are 78 licensed pet shops in the borough including stalls in markets. No
contraventions were discovered of the conditions subject to which annual licences are
granted by the Council.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933
The sale of certain poisons (chiefly those used for sanitary, domestic and horticultural
purposes) by persons other than pharmacists is subject to the provisions of
this Act and the rules made thereunder. A person selling such poisons must have his
name entered on a list kept by the Council, and must make application annually for reentry
and pay a prescribed fee. Compliance must be made with the requirements relating
to storage, transport, labelling and containers. There are 129 names on the list.
POULTRY PROCESSING AND PACKING
Approximately two million hens and chickens are slaughtered annually at slaughterhouses
in the borough.
There are 18 slaughterhouses where birds are killed by ritual slaughter either for
the Kosher trade or for consumption by Muslims. Eleven of the slaughterhouses are situated
in confirmed compulsory purchase order areas, or in areas where such action is imminent,
and a site in the borough has been allocated for centralising the industry.
Only top quality birds are brought from farms for Kosher slaughter; the majority
are plucked before removal from the slaughterhouse but only a few are eviscerated. Most
of the carcases are sent to dealers or retailers, and some for processing and packing.
Few, if any, are sent to wholesale markets.
Frequent visits are made to these establishments to ensure that the requirements
of the Food Hygiene (General) Regulations, 1960, and the recommendations of the Code of
Practice on Poultry Dressing and Packing, are being observed.
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