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The bye-law states that the emission of black smoke for a period of three minutes,
and, after five years from the date of confirmation of this bye-law, for a period of two minutes,
in the aggregate within any continuous period of thirty minutes from any one chimney of a
building, other than a private dwelling house, shall, until the contrary be proved, be presumed
to be a nuisance liable to be dealt with summarily under the Public Health (London) Act,
1936.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED BY ACTS, BYE-LAWS OR
REGULATIONS.
Offensive Trades.
There are two licensed premises for such trades in the Borough—a tallow inciter's
in Tudor Place, which has been in existence since the year 1780, and a soap boiler's in
Rochester Place. 75 visits were made to these premises during the year, These trades are
not subject to annual licensing, but they cannot be established anew or extended without the
sanction of the Local Authority.
Rag and Bone Dealers.
Additional bye-laws were made in 1928 by the London County Council, under powers
given by Section 9 of the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1908.
The bye-laws provide as follows:—
1—A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall not sell or
distribute or cause or permit to be sold or distributed any article of food or any
balloon or toy—
(a) in or from any part of the premises used for or in connection with his
business, or
(b) in the course of his business while carried on from any cart, barrow or other
vehicle or receptacle used for the collection or disposal of rags, bones, fat,
rabbit skins, or other like articles, or
(c) in any other way connected with his business.
2—A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer who shall offend
against the foregoing bye-law shall be liable for every such offence to a penalty of
Five Pounds. Provided nevertheless that the Court before whom any information
may be laid or any proceedings may be taken in respect of any such offence may if
the Court think tit adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full
amount of the penalty imposed by this bye-law. There were no prosecutions in
respect of this bye-law during the year.
There are 21 premises in the Borough in which the business of a rag and bone dealer
is carried on, and these are visited regularly by the Inspectors concerned.
Section 136 of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
Rag Flock Premises.
The above section prohibits the sale or use, for the purpose of making any article of
upholstery, cushions or bedding, of unclean dock manufactured from rags.
The expression "flock manufactured from rags" is defined in sub-section (6) of the Act
as flock which has been produced wholly or partly by tearing up woven or knitted or felted
materials, whether old or new, but does not include flock obtained wholly in the process of
scouring and finishing newly woven or newly knitted or newly felted fabrics. In recent
years rag flock has been very much less used in the upholstery trades than formerly. No
samples were taken during the year under consideration.