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During the year 140 observations of chimney shafts were made and six intimations
were served. One statutory notice was served, and there were no prosecutions.
Representatives of the Council attended conferences of the National Smoke Abatement
Society during the year.
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 melter's
in Tudor Place, which has been in existence since the year 1780, and a soap boiler's in
Rochester Place. 61 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 Bonk 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—
(ft) 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 was one prosecution 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 ok the Public Hkalth (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 flock 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 m the upholstery trades than formerly. No
samples were taken during the year under consideration.