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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.
The number of outworkers included in the August list was 659, compared with 872 in the
corresponding list last year. It is significant to note that there were 1,586 outworkers
included in the August lists for 1966.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
There are 72 licensed pet shops in the borough including stalls in markets. A contravention
was discovered in one case of a condition(absence of adequate heating for animals exposed for
sale)subject to which an annual licence is granted by the Council, which resulted in legal
proceedings being instituted and a fine of £15, with costs of £44,being imposed. (See also
page 53 Diseases of Animals).
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 of 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 re-entry and pay a prescribed fee.
Compliance must be made with the requirements relating to storage, transport, labelling and
containers. There are 86 names on the list, 23 being removed from and 3 added to the list
during the year.
POULTRY PROCESSING AND PACKING
There are 18 poultry processing premises in the Borough at which 2,008,500 chickens and a
small seasonal number of turkeys, geese and ducks, were slaughtered during the year. The weight
of poultry condemned as unfit for human consumption totalled approximately 13 tons, birds
rejected amounting to 0.3%.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
This Act, designed to secure the use of clean filling materials in articles which are
upholstered, stuffed or lined, requires the licensing or registration, as the case may be, of
premises where rag flock is manufactured or stored or filling materials used. Regulations made
under the Act prescribe standards of cleanliness for filling materials.
Premises registered for the use of filling materials number 38, there being no licensed
premises. Eight samples of filling materials were obtained from registered premises during the
year and all were reported as satisfactory,
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