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114 reports in respect of the transfer of publicans' licences under the Licensing Act, 1964,
were submitted to the Licensing Justices.
OUTWORKERS
Employers of outworkers in the borough in certain specified occupations are required 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.
The number of outworkers included in the August list was 597, compared with 659 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. Contraventions
of Section 2 were discovered in two cases, which resulted in legal proceedings being instituted
and fines of £12 being imposed (See also page 47 Diseases of Animals).
The Council adopted a recommendation of the Public Control Committee not to prescribe in any
new street trading licence the sale of cats or dogs under the age of 6 months. The Council also
supported a Bill before Parliament to amend the Act so as to make it an offence to sell animals
at a stall or barrow in a market.
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 alist kept by
the Council, and must make application annually for re-entry and pay aprescribed fee. Compliance
must be made with the requirements relating to storage, transport, 1abel1ing and containers. There
are 68 names on the list, 21 being removed from and 3 added to the list during the year.
POULTRY PROCESSING AND PACKING
There are 19 poultry processing premises in the Borough at which approximately 2½ million
chickens (1,800,000 by Jewish ritual and 700,000 Muslim) and a small seasonal number of turkeys,
geese and ducks, were slaughtered during the year.
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.
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