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The occupier of registered premises may only obtain "rag flock" from
premises licensed under the Act, either for the manufacture of rag flock or
as a rag flock store. No licences were granted in 1951.
The Act requires records to be kept on all registered and licensed premises
and prohibits the selling or offering or exposing for sale of any articles
containing unclean materials.
An authorised officer of the Local Authority has right of entry for the
purpose of inspection and is empowered to take samples from all registered
and licensed premises.
The Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Regulations, 1951, prescribe
standards of cleanliness, analysts who may undertake analyses and the fees
to be paid to them, the form of certificate of test to be given by the prescribed
Analyst, the records to be kept and the procedure, etc., for taking and
treatment of samples.
(x) Smoke, etc., Abatement.—Complaints were received of alleged
smoke nuisance from 5 factories in the Newbury Park, Grove Road and
Ilford Lane areas.
In all cases the firms concerned made efforts to remedy conditions by
installing new plant or by making repairs and adjustments to existing plant.
Regular observations were maintained and investigations carried out
but no emission was noted which would have enabled action to be taken
under the Public Health Act, 1936.
(xi) Public Health Act, 1936—Section 154.—Four instances were
reported in 1951, of persons exchanging articles for rags received from
children under the age of 14 years, in contravention of the Public Health
Act, 1936. Legal proceedings were taken in one case and fines totalling £2
were imposed. Letters of warning were sent in two other cases.