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IMPORTATION OF DOGS AND CATS ORDER, 1928
There is an establishment at Mill Hill licensed by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
and used for the detention and isolation of imported dogs undergoing quarantine.
The establishment is run by veterinary surgeons and is licensed for the detention of 35 dogs at any
one time.
During the year, 108 dogs were received at the premises after being authorised to land in this country.
The dogs are kept strictly isolated from all other dogs during the six months period of quarantine.
The premises are kept under observation by the Police and the Council's Diseases of Animal
Inspector to check on the presence and isolation of the dogs.
As a result of careful and strict observance of the Importation Order, no rabies has been confirmed in
this country since 1922.
RADIOACTIVE SUBSTANCES
The Radioactive Substances Act, 1960 which came into force during the year is designed to secure
that the scale on which radioactive materials are used, and the method of use, is properly controlled and
that any waste arising from such use is disposed of in such a way as to prevent any hazard to public health.
Users of radioactive materials are required to register their premises with the Ministry of Housing
and Local Government and no disposal of radioactive waste is permitted except in accordance with conditions
embodied in a certificate of authorisation issued by the Minister after inspection by a radiochemical
inspector.
The limitations and conditions imposed by certificates of registration and authorisation are enforced
by the Minister and local authorities have no responsibility in the matter. Copies of certificates are however
sent to local authorities concerned for information.
There are five registered users of radioactive materials in the Borough, two of whom have been
granted certificates of authorisation for disposal of waste.
The Minister has power under the Act to arrange for disposal of solid waste through local authority
services as necessary. Authorisations have been granted to two London hospitals and a local institute of
medical research to dispose of certain radioactive substances by incineration at the Councils' destructor
works.
Disposal is subject to the exacting conditions specified in the Authorisation and is undertaken by
the Radiological Protection Service whose operatives place the waste in the destructor.
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