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MISCELLANEOUS
Noise Nuisance
Three complaints of noisy animals and five complaints of factory noise were received
during the year.
Byelaws of Good Rule and Government give control of noisy animals and a local
example is donkeys grazing near houses. They were removed in the course of further
proceedings.
Section 313 of the Middlesex County Council Act, 1944, makes a noise nuisance a
statutory nuisance under the Public Health Act, 1936. The offender can however plead
that "the best practicable means" have been taken to prevent the nuisance and this is a
sufficient defence in law.
Stirring of the public conscience in this matter should oblige local authorities to establish
a closer liaison between Planning Requirements and those for Public Health. Some measure
of prior agreement will have to be secured when ownership changes of the small factories
long established in residential areas. Examples of provisions likely to cause noise nuisance
are the fitting of heavy iron factory doors and the use of corrugated iron.
Rodent Control

There was no improvement in the figures for rat infestation during 1959.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
Seven establishments were licensed during the year. The number of animals kept in
each case is small and conditions have remained satisfactory.
Administration of the Shops Acts
Routine visiting of shops in connection with the Shops Acts Regulations continued.
River Pollution
Inspection of the rivers and canal of Southall, during the year did not give evidence of
any individual site of pollution on which action could be taken, therefore, no work on the
abatement of pollution of rivers was carried out during 1959-
Middlesex County Council officers carried out certain improvements to the River Crane
in Southall to relieve flooding in the Delamere Road area. This has already been mentioned
on page 32.
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