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Preliminary notices were served with regard to thirty-two infringements
of the statutory requirements, fifteen for failure to exhibit appropriate
notices, three for condition of premises, nine for sanitary accommodation,
two for closing hours and three for failure to provide seats
for females. Thirty notices have been complied with (including eight
notices outstanding at 31.12.59).
Heating Appliances (Fireguards) Regulations, 1953
Eighteen inspections were made under the Act. Four informal
notices were served and have been complied with.
Merchandise Marks Act, 1926
The Council have continued to execute the provisions of the Orders
and their five Sampling Officers are appointed as authorised officers
under the Act. Much of the work is done amongst the stall-holders in
the district.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
Four licences have been granted in respect of premises used as Pet
Shops, all of them dealing mainly with fish and birds.
The premises have been inspected and found satisfactory.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
Three premises used for upholstering are registered in accordance
with Section 2 of the Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
The prescribed Analysts are—The Chiltern Research Laboratories
Ltd., of 23, West Wycombe Road, High Wycombe, Bucks.
Establishments for Massage and Special Treatment
An additional establishment for the practice of electrolosis was
added in November to the register of establishments licensed under
Part IV of the Surrey County Council Act, 1931, and brought the total
of such premises used for special treatment to 6. Of the remaining 5,
chiropody is practiced at 3 and massage at 2. All were visited and found
to be conducted in a satisfactory manner.
National Assistance Acts, 1948—1951
The occasion did not arise during 1960 to invoke the powers under
these Acts which provide for the compulsory removal to a place of care
of any person who by reason of old age or infirmity is living in insanitary
conditions and is for this reason a risk to their own or other people's
health. Such is the shortage of institutional beds for old people that
several neglected old people were found very near the border line of this
criterion before adequate arrangements for their care could be made.
As stated in earlier reports, the need is not so much to compel old and
helpless people to enter suitable homes, but to find homes for those who
are in dire need of them.
Section 50
Two funerals were arranged by the Council for persons for whom
no other arrangements were being made.
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