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(iv) FOWL PEST (INFECTED AREAS RESTRICTIONS)
ORDER 1956, AS AMENDED BY THE FOWL, PEST
(INFECTED AREAS RESTRICTIONS) AMENDMENT ORDER,
1958.
On 22nd January, 1959, the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food, made an order known as the Fowl Pest
(Essex Infected Area) Order 1959, effective from 26th January
1959, which declared an area in the County of Essex
including Ilford to be a fowl pest infected area, prohibiting
the movement of poultry out of, within, or into, such an area,
except under licence. Permission was granted to one butcher
in the area to slaughter 40 hens which he was unable to move
fromhis premises. A licence was issued to the same butcher
by the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food for the
transfer of 100 hens from Billericay to the Ilford area for
slaughtering in accordance with the requirements of the
Order.
(v) THE FOWL PEST (ESSEX INFECTED AREA)
(REVOCATION) ORDER, 1959.
This Order which came into operation on 14th March
1959, revoked the previous Order restricting the movement
of poultry within a specified area in Essex including Ilford.
(vi) THE LIVE POU LTRY (RESTRICTIONS) AMENDMENT
ORDER 1959.
This Order, which became operative on 27th April
1959, amended the Live Poultry (Restrictions) Order 1957
by amending the definition of poultry dealer and included a
power to licence the movement of poultry for the purposes
of Jewish or Moslem methods of slaughter and imposed a
duty to remove the carcases of poultry slaughtered under
these methods.
(vii) THE IMPORTATION OF HAY AND STRAW
(AMENDMENT) ORDER 1959.
This Order which prohibited the landing of hay and
straw except from certain specified countries, adds to that
list the countries of the Netherlands and Denmark.
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949.The
Council has appointed a whole-time Rodent Operative.
Where infestation has been ascertained on inspection the
services of the Rodent Operative are made available to secure
effective disinfestation. In the case of business premises
these services are offered on a contractural basis,
a practice which is greatly appreciated by most business
firms.