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PUBLIC HEALTH ACT. 1956 - SECTION 60.
Escape from Fire - Certain High Buildings.
Where plans are deposited with the Surveyor's Department under the
"building "byelaws, and it appears that Section 60 applies to the building,
the plans are passed to this Department for inspection so that any works
which may be necessary are carried out with the other building works.
CARAVAN SITES AND CONTROL Off DEVEIOH.'iENT ACT. 1960.
This Act, which was passed in July 1960, makes provision for the
licensing and control of caravan sites. Owners of existing sites who
wished to continue the use of the sites, had to make application for a
site licence not later than the 28th October 1960.
Applications Yfere received and in 1961 , three licences were issued,
with conditions appropriate to the tenure of ea.ch particular site. The
owner of one site gave notice of appeal against the conditions imposed, but
the date of the Court hearing had not been fixed by the end of the year
under review.
The caravans attending the Barnet Fair, are exempted from the controls
of the Act, "but several visits are made to enquire into the sanitary conditions,
any infectious diseases and to enforce the provisions of temporary
sanitary accommodation in the different sections of the Fair for the use
"both of caravanners and the visiting public. Regular removal of refuse
from caravans and stalls, and inspections are made of food stalls to secure
hygienic conditions.
HERTFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL ACTS. 1955 AND 1960.
Provision is made in the 1935 Act, inter alia, for the conduct and
regulation of:-
(1) Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises;
(2) Swimming Baths and Pools, and
(3) Employment Agencies.
Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises.
There are fourteen such establishments in the district. Routine
visits are made from t ime to time, and in three cases redecoration of wall
and ceiling surfaces was required.