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Although their control is the responsibility of the householder, it is appreciated
that some people are nervous of stinging insects and that others may have difficulty,
because of age or infirmity, in destroying these pests.
No charge is made by the Council for any of these services.
ANIMAL CARE
The Diseases of Animals Act, 1950, deals inter alia with the enforcement of
general Orders relating to the movement of animals; the cleansing and disinfection
of places and vehicles occupied by animals; the protection of animals from suffering
during transit; the importation, exportation and quarantine of animals; the keeping
of records by owners and others relating to animals and poultry; and during outbreaks
of specified diseases, the enforcement of special Orders relating to the
control of the movement of animals and disinfection of places, vehicles and articles,
etc.
The widespread outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the Midlands and the
North West, which resulted in the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
declaring the whole of England, Wales and Scotland to be a Controlled Area during
1967, continued through to the early part of the year. On the 14th February the
Minister revoked these Orders and declared a reduced Controlled Area which
excluded this borough. In consequence, the movement of cloven-footed animals
and animal wastes in this area no longer required a licence; the last one, issued on
the 8th February, being the 27th since the beginning of the year.
No Orders were issued during 1968 for areas affected with swine fever. Nine
movement licences giving notice of animals being moved into the borough were
received.
No case of notifiable disease in animals occurred within the borough during
the year.
The Diseases of Animals (Waste Foods) Order, 1957, requires licensing where
plant and equipment are used for the boiling of waste foods for animal feeding.
There are sixteen pig keepers within the borough and their premises are inspected
periodically by the public health inspectors. Only three of these use plant and
equipment for the boiling of waste foods and they are duly licensed.
The Riding Establishments Act, 1964, empowers a local authority to inspect
premises used as riding establishments and to license them if satisfactory. Riding
Establishment means any stables or other premises whatsoever at which horses are
kept for the purpose of being let out on hire for riding or of being used in providing,
in return for payment, instruction in riding.
It is an offence for any person to let out on hire or use for providing instruction
any horse in such condition that its use for that purpose will be likely to cause
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