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4.5.4.2 INSPECTIONS
General Inspections 3,242
Re-inspections and other visits 5,652
TOTAL 8,894
4.5.4.3 NUMBER OF NOTICES SERVED 647
4.5.4.4 NUMBER OF NOTICES COMPLIED WITH 360
FACTORIES ACT, 1961
4.6.1 The provisions of the Factories Act, 1961 are administered by H.M. Inspector
of Factories of the Ministry of Labour and National Service in conjunction with the
local sanitary authority. Close co-operation is maintained between the two, and defects
found in the course of visits to factories are notified by one to the other as appropriate.
OUT-WORKERS
4.6.2 Where in specified industries work is given by an employer or contractor to be
done by workers outside his factory, lists containing the names and addresses of such
workers must be forwarded to the local authority, which can then try to prevent such
work being carried out in premises which are insanitary or in which there is a case of
infectious disease.
ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT 1963
4.7 The Act regulates the keeping of boarding establishments for animals, and
no person may keep such an establishment unless licensed by the Borough Council.
Two establishments have been licensed in the Borough for the keeping of animals
one for cats and one for dogs. Both were inspected from time to time in 1967 and found
to be satisfactory. Only the establishment for the boarding of dogs is now registered and
inspected.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES
4.8 There are two common lodging houses registered in the Borough under the
Public Health Act of 1936, one of which is owned by the Council. Both have been
periodically inspected by the Council's public health inspectors and found to be
satisfactory.
CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT, 1961
4.9.1 During 1967, six nightdresses (four women's and two children's) were purchased
and submitted to an authorised testing laboratory to see whether they complied with
the flame-resisting standard which is set out in the regulations made under this Act.
The children's nightdresses complied with the prescribed low flammability requirements,
but the women's nightdresses did not fully comply with the regulations and warning
letters were sent to the manufacturers.
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