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Details of visits and inspections made by the Smoke and Factories
Inspector are given on page 69.
Consumer Protection Act. 1961
In order to prevent or reduce risk of death or injury, this Act
authorises the making of regulations imposing safety requirements
relating to any prescribed class of goods.
The Oil Heaters Regulations 1962 made under this Act impose such
requirements in respect of domestic kerosene burning space-heaters
manufactured after 1st June 1962.
The Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations 1953 require fireguards
of prescribed standards of construction and. fitting to be fitted
to gas and electric fires and oil heaters. The prescribed tests were
applied to 14 electric, 2 gas and 1 oil appliances, all of which proved
satisfactory.
Drainage and Sanitary Conveniences
Considerable use is made of Section 25(1) of the London County
Council (General Powers) Act 1955, whereby a Public Health Inspector can
serve a notice requiring an owner to clear an obstructed drain within
48 hours, and if the notice is not complied with during that time the
Council may themselves execute the work and recover the cost from the
person responsible. Notices under this section served during the year
numbered 237, the Council executing the work in 69 instances.
A Summons taken out for failure to comply with a notice served
under Section 40 of the Public Health (London) Act 1936 for the repair
of a defective drain, and another for failure to comply with a notice
served under the London County Council (Drainage) Byelaws, resulted in
fines amounting to £15 with costs of £3.9.0 being imposed.
Factories
Under Section 153 of the Factories Act 1961, the Medical Officer
of Health is required among other things to report to the Council in his
annual report specifically on, and furnish the prescribed particulars
with respect to, matters under the Act administered by the Council.
Particulars will be found in the appendix, pages 70 and 71.
Hairdressers and Barbers
Persons shall not carry on the business of barber or hairdresser
unless they and their premises are registered by the Council. The
number of premises and persons registered at the end of the year were
120 and 132 respectively. Inspections numbering 282 were made during
the year to ensure that the Byelaws made by the Council for the conduct
of these premises were not infringed.
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