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98 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 629, compared with
597 in the corresponding list last year. It is significant to note that there
were 1,586 outworkers included in the August list for 1966.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
There are 69 licensed pet shops in the borough including stalls in markets.
Contraventions of Section 2 were discovered in 8 cases, which resulted in legal
proceedings being instituted and fines of £16 being imposed (See also page 57
Diseases of Animals).
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933
The sale of certain poisons (chiefly those used for sanitary, domestic and
horticultural purposes) bypersons 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 69 names on the
list, 9 being removed from and 10 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 were slaughtered during the year, (1,800,000 by Jewish ritual
and 700,000 Muslim) together with a small seasonal number of turkeys, geese and
duck s .
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
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