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Pet Animals Act, 1951.
Five licences were issued by the Council during the year in relation
to premises subject to the provisions of this Act.
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 seven premises had been registered by the
City Council and two premises licensed for storage purposes.
Pigeons.
Under the provisions of Section 121 of the Public Health (London)
Act, 1936, the City Council, as a Sanitary Authority, is empowered for
the purpose of abating or mitigating any nuisance, annoyance or damage
caused by the congregation in the City of pigeons having no owner, or for
preventing or minimising any such nuisance, annoyance or damage, to
reduce the number of such pigeons.
The following action was taken during the year in this connection:—
Premises visited 8
Visits made 29
Pigeons destroyed 41
Noise Nuisance.
Complaints 32
Investigations made 49
The type of noise of which complaint has been made varied considerably
and included noise created by machinery of several kinds, electric
fans of ventilating plants, dance bands and amplifiers, radio sets, and
various noises arising from the demolition of buildings, pneumatic
drills, compressors, &c. In all cases the Sanitary Inspector had been
able to make suggestions and offer advice which led to the cessation or
reduction of the noise.