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City of Westminster 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Five licences were issued by the Council during the year to the following premises:—
| 11, Francis Street. |
| 39, Wardour Street. |
| 6, Lansdowne Row. |
| 244, Vauxhall Bridge Road. |
| 84, Brompton Road. |
The conditions with which the proprietors are asked to comply are as
follows:—
(1) No animal shall be kept under conditions which are liable to have
an adverse effect upon its health.
(2) No animal shall be displayed so as to expose it to interference or
annoyance by persons or animals outside the shop.
(3) Every animal shall at all times be kept in accommodation suitable
(for the species of animal) as respects size, temperature, lighting, ventilation
and cleanliness and no animal likely to be affected by inclement weather
shall be exposed to such weather.
(4) All animals shall be adequately supplied with suitable food and
drink and visited at suitable intervals.
(5) No suckling, being a mammal, shall be sold apart from its mother
or foster mother unless it can be satisfactorily fed artificially.
(6) No animal which is suffering from or could reasonably be suspected
of having been in contact with any other animal suffering from an
infectious disease shall be brought or kept on the premises unless it is
properly isolated, and all reasonable precautions shall be taken to prevent
the spread among animals of infectious diseases.
(7) Stock shall not be so crowded into the shop as to render ingress
and egress difficult, and all stock which is kept outside the premises
during business hours must not be placed at night so as to cause obstruction
in the event of fire or other emergency.
(8) A supply of water and sand and/or an efficient fire extinguisher
must always be available on the premises. In the case of lock-up
premises, the licensee shall appoint a responsible person residing within
a reasonable distance of the premises to have custody of the key outside
business hours. The name and address of such person shall be displayed
in legible characters on the front door or windows of the premises, and
be notified to the local fire brigade and the police.
(9) Animals shall not be handed to customers in paper bags or other
unsuitable containers.
Rag Flock and. Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
Under the provisions of this Act various types of premises concerned
with the upholstery trade or with the provision of materials for that
trade must be registered or licensed with the local authority.
At the end of the year 7 premises had been registered by the City
Council and 2 premises licensed for storage purposes.