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BETTING AND GAMING PREMISES
Applications for licences under the Betting and Gaming Act, 1960, are dealt
with by the Town Clerk, who refers to this department for a report on the suitability
of the site, the sanitary conditions, and, in the case of food premises, on
compliance with the Food Hygiene Regulations.
Thirty-eight applications were referred, necessitating 80 visits by the public
health inspectors. Thirty-three applications were approved and five refused.
NURSES’ AGENCIES
Under the provisions of the Nurses’ Agencies Act, 1957, and the Nurses’
Agencies Regulations, 1961, such agencies are required to be licensed by the
Borough Council.
A licence was granted to a nurses’ agency, which at the end of the year had
not yet come into operation. There is no other agency licensed in the Borough.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
Applications for licences under the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944 —
Part 14 — are dealt with by the Town Clerk who refers to this department for a
report on the suitability of the facilities and accommodation.
A total of 23 applications was referred, necessitating 33 visits by the public
health inspectors. In no instance was a licence refused.
FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES
The Factories Act, 1961, is a consolidating Act which repeals the Factories
Acts, 1937 to 1959, without significant amendment. The Act came into force on
1st April, 1962, and, inter alia, places on local authorities the responsibility for
the enforcement of the provisions relating to cleanliness, overcrowding, temperature,
ventilation, drainage of floors and sanitary conveniences in respect of any
factory where mechanical power is not used, and the provisions concerning sanitary
conveniences in powered factories.
In accordance with Section 8(5) of the Act a register is kept of all factories
situated in the district and 773 factories and workshops are registered.
During the year 439 inspections were made. Minor defects found during these
inspections were remedied and in no case was it found necessary to institute legal
proceedings.
(See Statistical Tables 41 and 42.)
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