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(2) Those premises upon which filling materials other than rag flock are manufactured
and produced should not be required to be registered.
(3) All fillers' should be subject to compulsory registration whatever filling material
is used; premises upon which previously used filling materials are stored should also be
registered; and registration of such premises should be subject to the same conditions as are
applicable to premises co&cerned with rag flock.
(4) The recommendations relating to the inspection of premises, inspection of books
and records, sampling and analyses, filling materials in finished articles, penalties for
infringement, and warranties should apply to whatever filling material may be concerned.
The Committee, in conclusion, suggested that consideration should be given at the
earliest opportunity to the repeal of the Rag Flock Acts and to the introduction of a
comprehensive measure on the lines intended, end providing for adequate control over the
manufacture and use of filling materials in this country. The Committee was convinced of the
need for such a measure and felt that restrictive legislation dealing with a subject which
touches so closely upon the daily lives of the whole population should not be too long
postponed.
The Government embodied the recommendations of the Committee in the Rag Flock and
Filling Materials Act, 1951, and since the coming into force of the Act on 1st November, 1951 >
the position has been much more satisfactory.
HOUSING
During the year a total of 372 houses were represented to the Council under the appropriate
sections of the Housing Act, which will lead to the ultimate demolition of the properties
concerned. Details are given in the summary below, which also gives action taken in respect
of a further 23 properties.

Section 17 (Demolition)
Six individual unfit houses were recommended for demolition, three later being
altered to Closing Orders and one being purchased by the Council.
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