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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Betting and gaming premises
Betting, Gaming
and Lotteries Act
1963
Gaming Act 1968
Applications for permits for amusements with prizes on unlicensed premises are dealt with by the
Town Clerk. Reports are submitted by the Health Department on the general suitability of the premises,
sanitary accommodation and, in the case of premises handling food, on compliance with the
Food Hygiene Regulations. Thirteen applications were dealt with necessitating 29 inspections by the
public health inspectors. Ten of these applications were approved and three were still under consideration
at the end of the year.
The Council may object to the granting of Betting Office Licences when applications are made to the
Betting Licensing Committee. Two applications were referred by the Town Clerk to the Health
Department for a report on the conditions at the premises concerned. Seven inspections were
necessary before conditions on the premises were considered satisfactory.
Nurses agencies
Nurses Agencies
Act 1957
Nurses Agencies
Regulations 1961
and 1968
Nurses agencies are required to be licensed by the Council. At the end of 1972 there were three
licensed agencies in the borough
Employment agencies
Middlesex County
Council Act 1944
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The Town Clerk referred 36 applications for licences to this Department for reports on the suitability
of facilities and accommodation. The public health inspectors made 51 visits. Thirty renewals and six
new applications were approved.
Factories and workplaces
Factories Act 1961
Where a factory uses no mechanical power the local authority enforces provisions relating to cleanliness,
overcrowding, temperature, ventilation, floor drainage and toilet accommodation. Where power
is used only provisions concerning sanitary accommodation apply. Public health inspectors found a
number of minor defects, the majority of which were remedied without recourse to legal proceedings.
As required by the Act a register is kept of all factories within the district. See Tables (36) and (37).
Outworkers
Section 133(1)
Factories Act 1961
Occupiers of factories are required to notify local authorities of the names and addresses of persons
employed by them as outworkers.
Section 134
Factories Act 1961
Inspections are carried out when new addresses appear on the lists to ensure that premises are not
likely to be injurious or dangerous to the health of employees. Public health inspectors made 25 visits
to the homes of outworkers and conditions were found to be satisfactory.
Outworkers in the district, by trades, are as follows: bed linen, etc., 5: box making, etc., wholly or
partially of paper, 8; carding, etc., of buttons, 1; paint boxes and paint brushes, 1; toys and games, 27;
wearing apparel, 121. Total: 163.
Rag flock and other filling materials
Rag Flock and
Other Filling
Materials Act 1951
Rag Flock and
Other Filling
Materials
Regulations 1971
Local authorities are required to register premises where filling materials are used. Visits were made
to such premises, of which there are sixteen registered, and the conditions were found to be satisfactory.
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