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PET SHOPS
There are ten pet shops in the Borough, and these are licensed
annually by the Council and are visited periodically by the Public
Health Inspectors, to ensure that the requirements of the Pet
Animals Act, 1951, and the conditions subject to which licences are
issued are being complied with. Sixty-eight inspections of pet
shops were made during the year.
SHOPS ACT, 1950
The provisions of the Shops Act, 1950, relating to suitability
of ventilation, washing facilities and sanitary accommodation, and
the maintenance of suitable temperature in shops is the responsibility
of the Borough Council. Altogether 738 visits of inspection
were made by the Public Health Inspectors for this purpose during the
year.
REGISTRATION OF PREMISES SELLING PART II POISONS
Names are entered in the Council's list of persons entitled to
sell Part II poisons (other than registered Pharmacists) in respect
of 155 premises in the Borough.
LICENSING OF COMMON LODGING HOUSES
The one remaining licensed common lodging house in the Borough,
at 102, Woolwich High Street, was relicensed for the ensuing year.
The premises have accommodation for 22 men.,
RODENT CONTROL
There were 956 complaints of rats and 363 of mice received
during 1957, and in addition to the investigation of these
complaints the systematic inspection under the "block control"
system was continued.
A total of 17,110 premises were inspected and of these 13,795
were under the "block control" system. The number of properties
found to be infested by rats or mice was 1,494. which included 124
business or industrial premises.
Where the cause of the infestation appears to be due to defective
drains or other defects in the building, the owner is requested to
effect the necessary repairs, In this connection the Department
carried out 39 smoke tests on suspected defective drains at rat
infested premises, and these tests produced evidence of 18 defective
drains.
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