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RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT 1951 This Act is designed to
ensure that filling materials used in upholstery, etc. comply with prescribed conditions
of cleanliness. Premises using filling materials have to be registered and
premises where rag flock is manufactured or stored have to be licensed. It is an
offence to sell articles containing unclean materials. Certain records have to be
kept on registered and licensed premises and authorised officers of a local authority
have powers to enter, inspect and take samples. Under this Act five premises in
the Borough have been registered and the Public Health Inspectors made 6 visits of
inspection.
SWIMMING BATHS. Three swimming baths are provided by the Council. The size
and extent of usage of the three municipal baths are shown below:-
Hounslow Heston Isleworth
Area of bath major 75' x 30' 100' x 48' 100' x 48'
minor 50 x 25' - -
Capacity of bath major 71,000 200,000 200,000
(gallons) minor 36,000 - -
Total number of persons
using swimming bath in
1960 160,464 237,886 187,780
Maximum number of persons
using swimming bath on
any one day 1,766 1,755 1,519
No. of private baths -male 15 - 11
female 9 - 11
No. of persons using private
baths during 1960 37,368 - 23,745
The baths waters are treated by continuous filtration and breakpoint chlorination.
While baths' staff do everything to maintain a 'safe' standard of bath water
bathers could assist very materially by the observance of strict personal hygiene.
During the year 7 samples of baths water were taken and all were found to be satisfactory.
VERMINOUS PREMISES AND ARTICLES No action had to be taken under Sections
83 and 84 of the Public Health Act 1936
VERMINOUS PERSONS Four verminous persons were cleansed under the provisions
of Section 85 of the Public Health Act, 1936 During the year 55 children in attendance
at schools in the Borough were found to be verminous and because of the failure
of parents to take necessary action 21 of these children had to be cleansed by the
School Health Department.
PET ANIMALS ACT 1951 This Act is designed to regulate the sale of pet
animals and the main provision is that no person shall keep a pet shop except under
the authority of a licence granted in accordance with the provisions of the Act.
Under the provisions of this Act 7 premises in the Borough have been licensed and 47
visits of inspection were made during the year.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK. At the end of the year, there were 43 distributors registered under
the Milk and Dairies Regulations, During the year 53 inspections were made at
dairies and retail purveyors' premises. Under the Milk (Special Designation) Regulations,
44 licences for the sale of tuberculin tested' milk, 49 for the sale of
'pasteurised' milk, and 50 for the sale of 'sterilised milk were issued.
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