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TABLE 53 contd.
Subject of Visit or Inspection No. of Visits or Inspections
Sampling 1,903
Factories Act 474
Noise Abatement Act 174
Diseases of Animals Act 453
Miscellaneous 3,026
Slaughterhouses and Meat Inspection 1,604
Consumer Protection Act 211
Number of Notices Served:
Informal 330
Statutory 119
ANIMAL BOARDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1963
8 licences to keep animal boarding establishments were
issued during the year, authorising a total boarding capacity for
494 dogs and 170 cats.
PET ANIMALS ACT. 1951
There are 20 licensed pet shops in the Borough, including
three stalls in Romford Market.
No contraventions of the conditions contained in these annual
licences were discovered.
RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1964
This Act provides for the licensing and inspection of any
establishment at which a business of keeping horses for hire, for
riding or for providing riding instruction is carried on. Seven riding
establishments in the Borough were licensed during the year and
in addition to routine inspection by the Public Health Inspector,
visits are made and reports received from the duly authorised
veterinary officer and the Fire Prevention Branch of the London
Fire Brigade.
ESTABLISHMENTS FOR MASSAGE OR SPECIAL TREATMENT
One new licence to carry on an establishment for massage
or special treatment under Part IV of the Essex County Council
Act, 1933, was issued during the year and 17 existing licences
were renewed. These licences are in respect of 16 chiropodists,
one physiotherapist and one beautician.
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