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APPENDIX G.
Corporation of London.
BYE-LAWS RESPECTING THE BUSINESS OF A RAG AND BONE DEALER.
BYE-LAWS made by the Mayor and Commonalty and Citizens of the City of London (hereinafter
called " the Corporation ") under Section 9 of the London County Council (General Powers)
Act, 1908, for regulating the conduct, within the City of London, of the business of a rag
and bone dealer, and with respect to the premises in or upon which such business is carried
on, and the apparatus, utensils and appliances used for the purposes of or in connection
with such business.
1. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall not use for the reception,
storage or manipulation of rags, bones, fat, rabbit skins or other like articles any part of his premises
in or upon which may be any article intended for human food. Provided that this Bye-law shall not
apply where any such article for consumption by such dealer or any person employed by him is in
or upon any part of his premises in which the sorting, dusting or grinding of rags is not carried on.
2. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall not knowingly bring, or cause
or suffer to be brought, upon his premises any rags, bones, fat or other like articles which have been
collected or obtained by any person from any dust wharf, dust or refuse heap, dust bin, dust cart, or
premises wherein any infectious disease exists. Provided that this Bye-law shall not apply in respect
of any article which has been obtained from any premises used by a sanitary authority for the treatment
of refuse, and which has been disposed of by such sanitary authority in the ordinary course
of business.
3. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall cause all rags, bones, fat,
rabbit skins or other like articles brought on his premises in connection with his business, and which
may be in an offensive condition, to be removed from the premises within twelve hours.
4. A person carrying on the business of a rag and bone dealer shall not cause or suffer rags, bones,
fat, rabbit skins or other like articles to be stored or manipulated in any room or place upon his premises
other than a room or place constructed and maintained in accordance with the following requirements :
(a) Such room or place shall be enclosed and shall be provided with a rainproof ceiling
or roof. The inner surfaces of the walls or enclosures shall be lined or covered in such a
manner as will prevent effectually the harbouring of vermin and will render them capable of
ready and effective cleansing.
(b) Such room or place shall be provided with windows or other openings for the purposes
of lighting, and the aggregate area of such windows or openings shall be not less than onetenth
of the floor area of such room or place.
(c) Such room or place shall have permanent openings to the external air for ventilation
suitably protected by wire gauze against the entry of any article likely to ignite the contents
of such room or place, and the aggregate area of such openings independent of wire gauze
shall be not less than one-hundredth of the floor area of such room or place, and such openings
shall be so placed as to secure efficient ventilation of the whole of such room or place.
(d) The surface of the floor of such room or place shall be finished or covered in such a
manner as will prevent effectually the harbouring of vermin and will render it capable of
ready and effective cleansing.
Provided always that this Bye-law shall not apply to the storage of rags in bales or sacks in any
room or place solely used for the purpose of such storage, or to any room or place where the manipulation
of rags is limited to the examination and weighing of rags at the time of purchase, and which is
not used for the storage of such rags, except in sacks of small quantities, for a period not exceeding
six weeks. Provided also that this Bye-law shall not until after the expiration of twelve months