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SHOPS ACT, 1950
SECTION 38 (Sanitary and other arrangements in shops). Exemption certificates
relating to sanitary accommodation continued in operation in respect of ten
premises.
PET ANIMALS ACT. 1951
No infringement of the conditions embodied in the licences granted by the
Council was found in any of the eighteen licensed pet shops.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT, 1951
Three new premises were registered for the use of filling materials, and
licenses to store rag flock were issued in respect of two premises.
Premises registered for the use of filling materials 36
Premises licensed for storage of rag flock 2
Samples of filling materials taken for analysis 43
Samples failing to satisfy the prescribed tests Nil
HEATING APPLIANCES (FIREGUARDS) ACT, 1952
This Act prohibits the sale or letting of certain heating appliances
without effective fireguards.
Visits to premises selling heating appliances 204
Appliances submitted to the prescribed tests 1,537
Electrical appliances 878
Oil appliances 659
No new appliances were found to be unsatisfactory. Five dealers in
secondhand appliances were warned against selling appliances which might
contravene the Regulations.
Vacant Sites. During the year, 20 sites have been built on, leaving a total
of 142 vacant sites: of these, 21 are under the control of the Council, and
used as allotments or as sites for public seats, and ten are in use for the
parking or storage of cars. Regular inspections of sites have been carried
out by Public Health Inspectors, and 89 have been found to be in a condition
which required no action by this Department Complaints during the year
totalled 37, and in five instances it was necessary to write to the owner,
As in previous years, the majority of the nuisances on vacant sites arose from
the dumping of refuse, mattresses and all kinds of unwanted household debris,
which has been dealt with by the Department by burning and burying on the site,
or by removal Clearances were effected in 168 instances in respect of 53
sites, certain sites having had to be cleared frequently.
Static Water Tanks. Both of the two remaining war-time static water tanks
in the Borough required attention by the staff of the Department to prevent
nuisances.
Dangerous Structures (London Building Acts (Amendment) Act, 1939). The
advice of the District Surveyor of the London County Council was sought in
respect of 159 structures, or parts of structures.
Licensed Premises. Requests for reports on the general sanitary condition
of 38 licensed premises were received from the Licensing Justices, to whom
applications for transfer of licences had been made. Following inspection of
the premises concerned, reports were sent to Justices, and in respect of six
premises at which defects were found five notices under the Public Health
(London) Act, 1936 and two informal notices under the Pood Hygiene Regulations,
1955 were served.