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107 of the Public Health Act 1936 declaring the business of dressers of poultry,
slaughterers of rabbits and dressers of rabbits to be offensive trades.
MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS BY DISTRICT AND
SPECIALIST PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTORS
Some 678 reports were submitted to the Borough Architect and Planning Officer
in respect of applications for planning permission under the Town and Country
Planning Act, 1962, for redevelopment or change of use.
69 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 1,106, compared with
629 in the corresponding list last year.
PET ANIMALS ACT, 1951
There are 67 licensed pet shops in the borough including stalls in markets. See
also page 43 (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 provisionsofthis
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 67
names on the list, 10 being removed from and 8 added to the list during the year.
POULTRY PROCESSING AND PACKING
There are 19 Poultry Slaughterhouses, 16 having been in regular use. About 2½
million birds are slaughtered annually (1,800,000 by Jewish ritual slaughter and
700,000 for the Muslim trade). All these premises are unsatisfactorily sited in
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