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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.
Sixty-seven applications were referred, necessitating 71 visits by the public
health inspectors. All the applications were approved.
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.
At the end of the year there was one licensed agency in operation 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.
Twenty-six applications were referred, necessitating 41 visits by the public
health inspectors. In one instance only, the application was refused.
FACTORIES AND WORKPLACES
The Factories Act, 1961, 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 860 factories and workshops are registered.
Three hundred and forty-three inspections were made. Minor defects, the
majority of which were remedied, were found during these inspections, and in no
case was it necessary to institute legal proceedings.
(See Statistical Tables 43 and 44)
OUTWORKERS
Section 133(1)(c) of the Factories Act, 1961, requires occupiers of factories
to notify local authorities of the names and addresses of persons employed by them
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