View report page

RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIAL ACT,
1951
This Act and Regulations made thereunder apply to the
upholstery, soft furnishing, bedding and soft toy trades. Premises
where rag flock is manufactured or stored have to be licensed
annually and premises in which other filling materials to which
the Regulations apply are used in the manufacture of new articles
have to be registered.
Regulations prescribe standards of cleanliness for the various
filling materials. Nine samples were taken during the year and
all proved to be satisfactory.
No standard of cleanliness has yet been prescribed by
Regulation for "foam crumb" which is now commonly used as
a filling material for soft toys.
HOUSING AND SLUM CLEARANCE
In presenting last year's report the opportunity was taken to
review the progress of Slum Clearance and Housing from the
formation of the London Borough of Bromley on the 1st April,
1965, to the end of 1967.
It is not proposed to repeat this exercise but it should be
mentioned that Housing and Slum Clearance is a continuing
process and action commenced in one year often continues into
subsequent years. Houses in some of the clearance areas represented
in 1967 resulted in further inspections and attendance at
public enquiries during 1968. These have been included in the
tables accompanying this report.
It would appear that the discrepancy in payments made as
between fit and unfit houses, subject to Compulsory Purchase
Orders, has resulted in many more objections to the Orders. When
objections are received, public enquiries conducted by the
ministry's inspectors must be held. The Government's White