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(ix) BAKEHOUSES.- There are 22 bakehouses in the
district, all of which use motive power, 375 inspections of
bakehouses were carried out during the year.
It was necessary to call upon the occupiers of bakehouses
to carry out cleansing and other work in 8 instances
and the requests were complied with in all but 2 cases where
the work was in progress.
(x) MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1926.- No contravention
of this Act was reported during 1959.
DISEASES OF ANIMALS ACT, 1950.
(i) SWINE FEVER (AMENDMENT) ORDER 1959.
This Order became operative on 29th June, 1959 and
amended the Swine Fever Order of 1938, to omit the obligation
on the part of the Police to notify the Head Office of
the Ministry of suspected swine fever. The Order further
altered the definition of a "pig dealer".
(ii) THE TUBERCULOSIS (WEST AND SOUTH MIDLAND
AND EASTERN COUNTIES ERADICATION AREA)
ORDER 1959.
This Order which became operative on 1st March,
1959 declared the area therein detailed, which included the
County of Essex, to be an eradication area for the control of
tuberculosis in specified animals for which purposes the
movement of cattle into such an area, except under licence
or on specified transit journeys, was prohibited.
(iii) THE DISEASES OF ANIMALS (ASCERTAINMENT
OF COMPENSATION) ORDER 1959.
This Order which became operative on 1st September,
1959 re-enacted and amended the Animals (Miscellaneous
Provisions) Order of 1927 to ascertain the value of animals
slaughtered under the principal Act and if disagreement
arose, provide for the value to be determined by arbitration.