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Fifty-three applications were referred, necessitating 55 visits by public health
inspectors. Forty-seven applications were approved, one case is still under consideration,
one was withdrawn and four were refused.
The Council may object to the grant of applications for Betting Office Licences
made to the Betting Licensing Committee under the Betting, Gaming and Lotteries
Act, 1963. The Town Clerk seeks the observations of the Department on the
conditions obtaining at the premises concerned.
Fifteen applications were referred. Seventeen visits by public health inspectors
were made and the Council's requirements were met in all cases.
NURSES AGENCIES
Under the provisions of the Nurses Agencies Act, 1957, and the Nurses Agencies
Regulations, 1961 and 1968, such agencies are required to be licensed by the Borough
Council.
During 1969 an additional agency was licensed, making a total of two licensed
agencies in the borough at the end of the year.
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES
Applications for licences under Part 14 of the Middlesex County Council Act,
1944, are dealt with by the Town Clerk, who refers to this Department for a report
on the suitability of the facilities and accommodation.
Thirty-four applications were referred, necessitating 50 visits by public health
inspectors. Thirty re-applications and four new applications were approved.
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 849 factories and workshops are registered.
Four hundred and five inspections were made. A number of minor defects were
found, of which the majority were remedied by the end of the year, and in no case
was it necessary to institute legal proceedings.
(See Statistical Tables 39 and 40)
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