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Twenty-eight complaints were received during the year, and 27
observations for excess smoke were made. Interviews with managers
and advice to stokers, in those cases where the complaints were
justified resulted in improved conditions.
At the end of the year, the investigations of one complaint
involving a boilerhouse chimney was still continuing.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS
ACT, 1951.
This Act came into force on the 1st November, 1951 and briefly
its provisions call for the registration of all premises in which Rag
Flock or other filling materials, as defined in Section 33 of the Act
(i.e.: Kapok; Woollenfelt; Cotton flock, etc.) are used, in the
manufacture of bedding, toys, babycarriages and other articles of
upholstery.
The Act also calls for the licensing of premises where Rag Flock
is (a) Manufactured; (b) Stored for distribution to registered premises
but no premises coming within this definition are situated within
the Borough.
Only 1 Factory in the Borough has been registered, and no
infringement of the provisions of the Act was observed.
PET ANIMALS ACT 1951.
This Act came into force on the 1st April, 1952 and is designed
to secure for Pet Animals kept in shops, for sale to the Public, suitable
accommodation as regards size, temperature, lighting, ventilation and
cleanliness; adequate supplies of food and drinking water; prevention
of sale at too early an age; precautions to prevent the spread of
infectious diseases amongst the animals and precautions to be taken
in case of fire or other emergency.
No person may now keep a pet shop unless he obtains a licence
from the Local Authority, and it is an offence to sell animals as pets
in any part of a street or public place, except at a stall or barrow in
a market, or to sell pets to children under 12 years of age.
In the Act, "animals" is defined as including any description of
vertebrate and as such includes goldfish and cage birds, which arc
the principal sales in the shops licensed in the Borough.