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Oil from domestic heating apparatus 3
Wastes from electric washing machines 2
All these contraventions were dealt with without recourse to
legal action.
With the increasing use of oil fuel for domestic heating, serious
nuisance can arise from pollution of sewers, streams, etc., if the
plant is not correctly installed. In the absence of legislation with
regard to the fixing of such installations this matter presents some
difficulties.
Smoke Abatemfnt
The factory chimneys in the area have been kept under
observation and generally little nuisance from smoke or grit has
occurred.
At one bakehouse two ovens were converted from solid fuel
to gas firing.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
The above Act, which came into operation on the 1st
November, 1951, controls premises in which rag flock and other
filling materials are used in the making of new articles. There is
only one trader whose premises come within the definition of the
Act, and are registered.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
This Act, which came into operation on 1st April, 1952,
empowers a local authority to license persons for the sale of pets.
In determining the granting of a licence, regard shall be had to
the following conditions:—
(a) that animals will at all times be kept in accommodation
suitable as respects size, temperature, lighting, ventilation
and cleanliness;
(b) that animals will be adequately supplied with suitable
food and drink and (so far as necessary) visited at suitable
intervals;
(c) that animals, being mammals, will not be sold at too early
an age;
(d) that all reasonable precautions will be taken to prevent
the spread among animals of infectious diseases;
(e) that appropriate steps will be taken in case of fire or
other emergency.
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