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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
The Diseases of Animals (Waste Food) Order 1957 requires premises to be
licensed where plant and equipment are used for the boiling of waste foods
for animal feeding. There are fourteen pig keepers within the borough and
their premises are inspected periodically by the public health inspectors.
Five of these use plant and equipment for boiling of waste foods and they
are licensed for that purpose.
Diseases of Animals
(Waste Food) Order 1957
The Riding Establishments Act 1964 empowers a local authority to inspect
premises used as riding establishments and to license them if satisfactory.
These powers were further extended by The Riding Establishments Act
1970 which sets out the conditions local authorities are required to take
into account in considering applications. Provisional licences may be granted
in cases where full licences are not justified. There were five licensed
establishments in the borough at the end of the year.
Riding Establishments
Act 1964
Riding Establishments
Act 1970
Under the Pet Animals Act 1951, persons keeping a pet shop are required to
be licensed by the local authority. Conditions relate to suitable accommodation
for the livestock, provision of food and drink, avoidance of the sale of
mammals at too early an age, the prevention of infectious disease, and fire
precautions.
Thirteen persons were licensed at the end of the year and their premises have
been inspected and found to be satisfactory.
Pet Animals Act 1951
The Animal Boarding Establishments Act 1963 provides that no person may
keep boarding establishments for dogs or cats without a licence from the
local authority.
In addition to provisions similar to those required by the Pet Animals Act
1951 the person licensed must keep a register of animals and their owners.
Three persons were licensed to keep an animal boarding establishment. The
premises were inspected and found to be satisfactory.
Animal Boarding
Establishments Act 1963
Ionising Radiations
The legislation governing the use of radioactive substances, registration of
users, and disposal of wastes includes the Radioactive Substances Acts
1948-1960, the Nuclear Installations Act 1954, Atomic Energy Authority
Acts 1954-1959 and the Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act
1959.
There are at present seventeen users of radioactive materials in the borough
registered with the Department of the Environment.
National arrangements exist for dealing with incidents involving radioactive
substances, e.g. damage to containers on premises where expert assistance
is not immediately available, or accidents to vehicles carrying radioactive
substances. No such incidents were reported during the year.
Radioactive Substances
Acts 1948-1960
Nuclear Installations
Act 1954
Atomic Energy
Authority Acts
1954-1959
Nuclear Installations
(Licensing and
Insurance) Act 1959
Burial and Cremation
This authority has a duty to bury or cremate the body of any person who
has died or who has been found dead in the borough in circumstances where
it appears that no other suitable arrangements for the disposal of the body
can be made. The bodies of five persons were dealt with in this way.
Section 50, National
Assistance Act 1948
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