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(b) in the course of his business while carried on from any cart, harrow 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 fit adjudge the payment as a penalty of any sum less than the full
amount of the penalty imposed by this bye-law.
There are 25 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.
Rag Flock. Acts, 1911-1928 (Re-enacted under Section 136 of the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936.)
Rag F,ock Premises.
The above Acts prohibit 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 the 1928 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 processes of the scouring
and finishing of 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.
Houses Let in Lodgings.
Bye-laws dealing with these houses, made under power given by Section 6 of the
Housing Act, 1925, came into force on March 5th, 1926. On the 8th June, 1931, the Minister
of Health allowed the application to decontrolled houses of certain of the bye-laws which had
been held in abeyance. Particulars concerning the inspections made will be found in the
Table on page 38. These inspections relate to some 4,685 houses.
Lighting of Staircases of Tenement Buii.dings.
The above provision is required by Section 61 of the London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1927, which came into force on August 1st, 1928.
Tenement buildings are regularly inspected in order to ensure that compliance with
the Act is maintained.
Common Lodging Houses.
By the Transfer of Powers (London) Order, 1933, the registration, licensing, and
inspection of common lodging houses were transferred to the Borough Council. The licences
in respect of common lodging houses expire on the 30th June. Applications for the renewal
of licences have to be made by the holder 21 days prior to the licensing meeting, and notification
of the date of the meeting, and of the necessity for making application, if renewal is
desired, has to be sent to each holder. Any objection to the granting or the renewal of a
licence is required to be made in writing at least 7 days before the date of the licensing
meeting.
The Borough Council decided that the Public Health Committee should act on their
behalf as the Licensing Authority at the Committee meeting to be held in June, and that the
necessary notices giving the day and time of the meeting should be served on the persons
concerned.