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In determining whether to grant a licence for the keeping of a pet shop, a
local authority shall in particular have regard to the need for securing
(a) that animals will at all times be kept in accommodation suitable as
respects size, temperature, lighting, ventilation and cleanliness;
(b) that animals will be adequately supplied with suitable food and drink
and (so far as necessary) visited at suitable intervals;
(c) that animals, being mammals, will not be sold at too early an age;
(d) that all reasonable precautions will be taken to prevent the spread
among animals of infectious diseases;
(e) that appropriate steps will be taken in case of fire or other emergency.
During the year, 15 licences were issued under the Act.
No. of Inspections - 26
No. of Re-visits - 1
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL (GENERAL POWERS)
ACT, 1954
Hairdressers and Barbers
On 6th July, 1955 the Lambeth Borough Council made bye-laws in respect
of hairdressers and barbers under the above-mentioned Act
The total number of premises on the register at the end of the year was as
follows :•
Premises 200
Number of Inspections 111
Number of Re-Visits 30
Exhumatlons
St. Matthew's Churchyard, Brixton
Consequent upon the proposal to widen and re-align the carriageway in
St. Matthew's Road it was necessary to excavate that portion of St. Matthew's
Churchyard involved, and to exhume any human remains found therein. This was
done under the supervision of the Public Health Department, and the remains of
26 (twenty six) persons were disinterred and re-interred in the Blackshaw Road
Cemetery.