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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Section 133 (1)
Factories Act 1961
Outworkers
Occupiers of factories are required to notify to local authorities the names
and addresses of persons employed by them and working in their own homes.
Section 134
Factories Act 1961
The Council has a duty to decide whether any place where outwork is done
is likely to be injurious or dangerous to the health of the employees.
Inspections for this purpose are carried out when any new address appears
on the list.
Thirty-one visits were made by the public health inspectors to the homes of
outworkers and conditions were found to be satisfactory.

Rag Flock and Other
Filling Materials
Act 1951
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials
The purpose of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act 1951 and the
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1971 is to secure the use
of clean filling materials in upholstered, lined, or stuffed articles.
Local authorities are required to register premises where filling materials are
used for upholstering and for the stuffing and lining of bedding, toys, etc.
In November, the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations 1971,
which amended the Regulations of 1961 and 1965, extended the list of filling
materials to include rubberised hair, cellular rubber and wood fillings. At the
end of the year sixteen premises were registered to use filling materials.
Eight visits were made to these premises and conditions were found to be
satisfactory.
Section 107
Public Health Act 1936
Offensive Trades
In addition to the trades listed by the Act, a local authority may by order
declare other offensive trades.
No offensive trades were operating in the borough during the year.
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