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any inmate or occupant thereof, after being requested to desist by any constable,
or by any inmate or occupant so annoyed or disturbed, or by any person acting
on his behalf.
Provided that this byelaw shall not apply to—
(a) any person taking part in a properly conducted religious service,
except where the request to desist is made on the ground of the serious
illness of any inmate of the house; or
(b) any person (i) whilst playing under the order of his commanding
officer, in any band belonging to any branch of His Majesty's Naval, Army,
Air Reserve or Territorial Forces; or (ii) whilst playing in any band performing
with the sanction of and in a place appointed by the London
County Council or the St. Marylebone Borough Council.
(2) Any person offending against the foregoing byelaw shall be liable on
summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5."
The bye-law was duly confirmed by the Home Secretary and came into operation
on the 1st November, 1938. Eight complaints were received and dealt with
informally.
Wireless Loudspeakers, etc.
During the year, seven complaints were received relating to nuisance from
wireless loudspeakers, gramophones and similar instruments. In six cases, abatement
of the nuisance was secured without the service of formal notice. In the
remaining instance, the issue of a notice was necessary to obtain a remedy.
In securing attention to the several provisions relating to noise nuisances, the
temporary streets nuisance inspector rendered valuable assistance, and also cooperated
with the police in regard to a number of the complaints received.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
The number of traders whose names are on the Council's list of persons entitled
to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List is as follows:—
On list at end of 1937 117
Added to list in 1938 8
Deleted from list in 1938 8
On list at end of 1938 117
Inspections of all premises were carried out during the year, and in no instance
was there failure to comply with the requirements which apply to the sale of poisons
by a listed seller of Part II poisons.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In St. Marylebone the number of factories and workshops, many of them of the
domestic type, is considerable, and work in relation to them bulks very large amongst
the duties of the sanitary inspectors, more especially those in charge of districts on
the south of Marylebone Road. The staple industry is dressmaking, millinery and
tailoring in all its branches, but in a number of places other trades are carried on.
The following report, which the Medical Officer of Health is required to make
to the Secretary of State, relates to administration of the Factory and Workshop
Act, 1901, and the Factories Act, 1937 (which superseded the Act of 1901 on 1st
July, 1938).