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available to ensure the protection of the animals in case of fire or
other emergency. Registers must be kept giving all relevant
information about the animals and their owners and such registers
must be available for inspection at all times by authorised officers.
At the end of the year one licence was in operation.
Riding Establishments Act, 1964
Operative from 1st April, 1965, this Act repealed the previous
Act of 1939 and requires any person keeping a riding establishment,
not being disqualified under certain specified legislation, to be
licensed in accordance with its provisions. It empowers local
authorities to inspect such premises and to issue licences on payment of ten shillings only after considering a report submitted by a
veterinary officer.
No licences were issued during 1967.
Land Charges Act, 1925
Under this Act, enquiries in respect of properties in the Borough
are received from time to time by the Town Clerk concerning
outstanding Notices served under any Health legislation and whether
such properties are within existent or proposed Clearance, Development or Smoke Control Areas.
During the year 3,992 reports on such enquiries were forwarded
to the Town Clerk's department.
Drainage and Sewerage
Under the Public Health Act, 1936, an existing combined drain
is classified as a public sewer which it is the Council's duty to maintain, cleanse and empty. "Maintenance" includes repair, renewal
and improvement but, in the case of improvement includes only that
which may be necessary to make the length of sewer adequate for
draining the premises served by it immediately before the improvement was undertaken. A local authority is entitled to recover the
expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out such works.
During the year, 406 public sewers were tested and maintained,
cleansed or emptied.
Twelve cesspools remain in use in the Borough and under the
Borough Engineer and Planning Officer's direction, these are
emptied on request.
Plans received in respect of proposed drainage work to be carried
out to existing buildings are examined by the Public Health
Inspectors prior to their submission by the Borough Engineer and
Planning Officer to the Council for approval.