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Radioactive Substances Act, 1960.
This Act came into operation on the 1st December, 1963, and persons who keep or use radioactive
materials are, unless exempted, required to register with the Minister of Housing and Local
Government and to obtain his authorisation for the accumulation or disposal of radioactive waste.
Certificates of registration issued under Section 1 and authorisation under Sections 6 and 7 of the
Act have been issued by the Minister in respect of four premises in the Borough.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials.
The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951, is intended to ensure that the fillings for
upholstered and other stuffed articles shall be clean and wholesome. Standards of cleanliness are laid
down in Regulations made under the Act, which also provides for licensing of premises where the
fillings are manufactured or stored, and registration by the local authority of all business premises
where these materials are used. No premises in St. Marylebone are licensed for manufacture or storage
but fourteen premises, mainly those of upholsterers and manufacturers of cushions and pillows, are
registered.
Burial or Cremation of the Dead.
Under section 50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, it is the responsibility of the Council to
arrange for the burial or cremation of the body of any person who has died or been found dead in the
Borough where no other suitable arrangements for disposal have been or are being made.
Eleven burials and six cremations were arranged during the year.
Transportation of Bodies Abroad.
In certain cases where bodies are transported overseas, the Medical Officer of Health of the district
in which death has taken place is asked, where applicable, to furnish a certificate to the effect that
the deceased did not die from any infectious or contagious disease and that no recent epidemic of
dangerous infectious disease had occurred in the district.
During the year five certificates were issued in respect of bodies being transported abroad, three
to Iraq, one to Italy, and one to Cyprus.
Cremation.
The Medical Officer of Health is Medical Referee for the Council's Crematorium, which is situated
at the St. Marylebone Cemetery, East Finchley. During the year, 2,092 certificates authorising
cremation were issued and since December, 1937, when the crematorium was opened, 27,096 cremations
have taken place.
Dog Nuisance.
The Council's revised byelaw dealing with this nuisance came into operation on 31st May, 1960. It
provides that:—"No person being in charge of a dog shall allow the dog to foul the footway of any
street or public place by depositing its excrement thereon."
Contraventions reported by the Streets Nuisance Inspector during the year resulted in the issue of
fourteen summonses, one of which could not be served. Thirteen convictions were secured with
penalties and costs amounting to £37 7s. 6d.
Street Photographers.
A local byelaw, made by the Council under section 146 of the London Government Act, 1924, came
into operation on the 1st August, 1952, prohibiting the importuning by a street photographer of any
person, in certain prescribed streets or public places, for the purpose of taking or selling any photograph.
An offender against the byelaw is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £5 0s. Od. As
the administration and enforcement of most other"good rule and government"byelaws have been
referred to the Public Health Committee, a similar course was followed in regard to this byelaw, more
particularly as the officers of the Department including the Streets Nuisance Inspector, are continually
about the streets.
During 1963 the Council applied for two summonses of which only one could be served. This
resulted in conviction and a fine of £3 0s. Od. with one guinea costs.