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The hospital car service, operated jointly by the British Red Cross
Society, the St. John Ambulance Association and the Women's Voluntary
Services, provides cars and drivers, who give their services voluntarily,
and by arrangement with the County Council takes many patients to and
from hospitals and clinics.
LEGISLATION
Housing Act, 1957. The Housing Act, 1957, which came into
force in September, consolidated the provisions relating to the Housing
Act, 1936, the Housing (Financial and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act,
1946, the Housing Act, 1949, the Housing Act, 1952, the Local Government
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1953, the Housing Repairs and
Rents Act, 1954, and the Slum Clearance (Compensation) Act, 1956. See
page 47.
Rent Act, 1957. See page 49.
Agricultural (Safety, Health and Welfare Provisions) Act,
1956. This Act is based on the recommendations of the Gower Committee
on health, welfare and safety in non-industrial employment. The
only responsibility imposed on local authorities is to ensure compliance
with the requirement that workers employed on an agricultural unit must
be provided with suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences.
Thermal Insulation (Industrial Building) Act, 1957. The
object of this Act which came into force in July is to secure greater
efficiency in the use of fuel; it provides for the compulsory insulation of
new factories and extensions to existing factories begun on January 1st,
1959.