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Places of Entertainment
At the end of the year there were seventy-eight premises in the
district licensed for public entertainment. These include ten cinemas;
fourteen public houses; fifteen church halls; three local authority assembly
halls; twenty-one schools and fourteen dance and other assembly halls,
clubs, etc. These premises received the usual attention during the year.
All were found to be satisfactory, except that in three instances minor
defects were found; these were soon remedied.
Licensed Premises
There are fifty-eight licensed premises in the district. To these seventyfive
visits were paid. In most cases the premises are modern and were
found to be satisfactory. In the few cases where minor defects or poor
decoration needed attention, the faults were soon dealt with. During the
year the new Queens Arms in High Street, Wealdstone, was completed
and opened and the Iowa closed down. At the Case Is Altered, Harrow
Weald, and the Seven Balls, Kenton Lane, the drainage of the cellars and
sanitary arrangements are not satisfactory. These matters have been
discussed. A report about the state of these licensed premises is sent to the
Clerk of the Justices each year just before the Brewster Sessions.
Keeping of Pet Animals
One new business started during the year so that the number of
licensed Pet Shops in the district was fourteen. They were all inspected
during the year and found to be satisfactory.
Rag Flock
New regulations under the Rag Flock Act of 1951 came into force on
the 1st August. They deal, in the main, with the sampling of rag flock and
other filling materials used in bedding and upholstery, furniture etc.. with
the type and method to be used in sampling and testing, and with the
increased fees to be paid to Analysts. Four of these premises are registered.
At each place the fibre, kapok or other filling material used is supplied
under warranty for cleanliness. All the premises were visited during the
year and no nuisance was found. There are no premises in the Borough
licensed for the manufacture of rag flock.
Marine Stores
The three premises registered with the Authority under the old Metal
Dealers Act 1861 to deal in old metal were visited during the year,
nuisance was found.