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During the year 21 premises were licensed as pet shops. In the
main, the sale of pets at these premises consists of cage birds and
tropical and coldwater fish. In general it has been found that pets are
kept for sale under conditions which do not call for any particular
comment and in no case has it been found necessary to attach any
special conditions (i.e., conditions other than the general conditions
already mentioned and specified in every licence) to any licence which
has been issued.
Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) Act, 1951
This Act, which came into force on 1 October, 1951, is designed
to prevent the pollution of all streams in England and Wales. The
expression "stream" includes all inland waters (except lakes or
ponds which do not discharge to streams) and tidal waters or parts of
the sea already declared to be streams under the Rivers Pollution
Prevention Act, 1876.
The Council is responsible for the prevention of pollution of
streams, for the control of obstructions therein due to the cutting of
vegetation, etc., for making byelaws for prescribing standards as to
what is to be considered poisonous or noxious, and for regulating
the cleansing of articles or throwing litter into streams. It will also
be necessary to impose conditions upon new or altered outlets into
streams for the discharge of trade or sewage effluent.
In order to ascertain possible sources of present pollution a
preliminary survey of the rivers in the borough has been carried out
by the district sanitary inspectors and a permanent record indicating the
particular type of pollution is in the course of preparation.
Since the Port of London Authority has parallel jurisdiction over
a part of the river Ravensbourne and the northern part of the Quaggy
in the borough as regards the prevention of pollution, a conference
will be arranged at a later date with officers of that authority in order
to avoid duplication of work by the two authorities concerned in dealing
with this particular river.