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(c) reasonable precautions will be taken to prevent the spread of infectious
disease among animals and to secure the taking of appropriate
steps against fire or other emergencies.
In order to secure uniformity throughout the metropolitan area in regard
to the conditions to be observed by licence holders, the Metropolitan Boroughs'
Standing Joint Committee was asked to frame model conditions for application by
all the metropolitan boroughs. Pending such recommendation provisional licences
were issued. The conditions recommended by the Standing Joint Committee were
adopted by the Council on the 8th October, 1952, when the provisional licences were
withdrawn and new licences embodying the recommended conditions issued. Among the
conditions adopted was one that pets should not be handed to customers in paper bags,
The 12 pet shops licensed were visited and no infringement of the terms
of the licences was discovered.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
This Act, designed to prevent the use of unclean filling materials in upholstered
articles and other articles which are stuffed or lined, came into
operation on the 1st November, 1951, and requires the registration of premises
where filling materials are used and the licensing of premises on which rag
flock is manufactured or stored.
The sanitary authority has no discretion in the matter of registration of
premises for the use of filling materials and must register all premises for
which application is made. Once registered these premises remain so for all
time although it is necessary for the Authority to be notified of a change of
occupier. A sanitary authority may refuse to license premises and, if they
do so, must give notice of their decision to the applicant and, if required, a
statement of the grounds for their refusal, A person aggrieved by a local
authority's refusal to license the premises may appeal to the Ministry of
Housing and Local Government.
The Act contains powers enabling the Minister to make regulations with
regard to the forms of records to be kept on registered and licensed premises,
the standards of cleanliness applicable to the various types of filling
materials to which the Act relates, fees to be charged by the analysts applying
the appropriate tests and the appointment of analysts to carry out these
tests. The Rag Flock and Other Pilling Materials Regulations, 1951, made by
the Minister, came into operation on the 1st November, 1951,
Premises registered for the use of filling materials of the types listed
under Section 33 of the Act in manufacturing bedding, toys, baby carriages and
other articles of upholstery totalled 36. There were no premises where rag
flock was manufactured but one premises was licensed for storage. All the
premises concerned were visited and no contraventions of the Act or the Regulations
made thereunder were found. Six samples of filling materials were
subjected to the appropriate tests prescribed by the Rag Flock and Other Pilling
Materials Regulations, 1951, and found to be satisfactory. The Chiltern
Research Laboratories, Limited, one of the analysts prescribed by the Regulations,
carried out these tests.
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952
This Act, which is framed to prevent accidents in the home by prohibiting
the sale or letting of certain heating appliances without effective guards
received the Royal Assent on the 1st April, 1952, but did not come into operation
until the 23rd March, 1953. Under the provisions of the Act the Secretary
of State is required to make regulations regarding the types of guards to be
fitted to heating appliances. These Regulations have since been made and
became operative on the 1st October, 1953.
A summary of the work of sanitary inspection is set out on Pages 8 and 9
of the Appendix.