View report page

17. HAIRDRESSERS AND BARBERS
The Minister of Housing and Local Government on the 25th April, 1968, confirmed
the Byelaws relating to hairdressers and barbers made by the Council on the
5th January, 1968, and fixed the date on which they should come into operation as the
30th April, 1968.
Section 21 of the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act, 1967 provides
that as from the appointed day no person shall carry on the business of a hairdresser
or barber on any premises in a borough unless he is registered in respect of those
premises by the borough council. For the purpose of the section the appointed day in
relation to this borough was 1st October, 1968.
Prior to this date letters and application forms were sent to over 150 known hairdressing
establishments in the borough and the Chief Public Health Inspector was
invited to address the local branch of the National Hairdressers Federation.
At the end of the year 155 hairdressers' premises were registered, and in no case
was it necessary to take legal proceedings for enforcement.
18. APPOINTMENT OF PUBLIC ANALYST AND AGRICULTURAL
ANALYST
Following the death in January, 1968 of Mr. D. D. Moir, the Council in March,
1968 appointed Mr. J. A. Palgrave as Public Analyst and Agricultural Analyst and
Mr. J. R. Skelton as his Deputy in both appointments.
89