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Smoke Abatement
The factory chimneys in the area have been kept under
observation and generally little nuisance from smoke or grit has
occurred.
Nuisance arising from one chimney was found upon
investigation to be due to a defect in the mechanical stoking
apparatus.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
There is only one trader whose premises come within the
definition of the Act and are registered.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
There was one new registration under the above Act during
1953. making the total number of persons registered in the
district 4.
All the premises have been inspected.
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Act, 1952
The above Act, which came into operation on the 23rd March,
1953, makes provision for the Home Secretary to make Regulations
requiring gas fires, electric fires and oil heaters to be fitted with
guards and for prescribing for such guards, standards of construction
and fitting designed to reduce or prevent the risk of fire or
injury resulting from accidental contact with, or proximity to,
flames or heating elements.
The Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953 have
now been made and came into operation on the 1st October, 1953.
They apply to all newly manufactured appliances including those
manufactured abroad but a period of grace until the 1st October
1954 is allowed for the sale of appliances manufactured in Great
Britain before October 1953.
The Regulations prescribe methods for testing guards, and
apparatus has been purchased for this purpose.
Sixty-six visits have been made to forty-six premises to
ascertain that the provisions of the Act were being complied with
and no contraventions were found.
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