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SHOPS ACT, 1950
Under the provisions of the Shops Act, 1950 the Borough
Council is responsible for ensuring that temperature, ventilation
and sanitary accommodation is suitably maintained in shops. Since
1959 the Council has been responsible also for ensuring the
suitability of lighting, washing facilities, and facilities for
employees to take meals in the shops in which they are employed.
In all, the Public Health Inspectors made 325 Shops Act
Inspections during the course of the year.
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933
At the end of the year under review names were entered in the
Council's list of persons entitled to sell Part II poisons (other
than Registered Pharmacists) in respect of 142 premises.
NOISE ABATEMENT
The passing of the Noise Abatement Act in 1960 was given
wide publicity both in the press and on the radio, and the public
is now more noise conscious than ever before.
This is evidenced by the number of complaints dealt with
during the year. Below are details of complaints that were abated
by the Department without, however, recourse to the statutory
powers provided by the Noise Abatement Act or the Byelaw made by
the Council to deal with noise nuisance. Complaints Included:-
Noise from a neighbour's radio set.
A loudspeaker used by a Preacher on a street corner.
Noisy potato chipping machine Installed in a fried
fish shop.
A stores depot where old pipes were broken up.
Chimes from an ice-cream vendor's van.
Vans engaged in delivering milk to various schools In
the early hours of the morning.
Noise from a factory engaged on panel beating.
Noise from belt-driven machinery used in a local laundry.
A number of complaints were received from nearby residents
of noise from motor cycles whose riders had congregated, particularly
at weekends, in the car park of a Public House on the Sidcup Road.
The riders would "rev" their engines In the car park and leave at
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