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11. ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION,
135 observations have been made on industrial plants in the area
under the Clean Air Act 1956 to control the emission of smoke from furnaces
and incinerators, and 80 visits made to the premises in connection with the
installation of plant or incinerator and to give advice to the operators.
The District is generally free of any intensive smoke pollution from the
industrial zone. Complaints are frequently made regarding garden bonfires,
and in such case the offender is interviewed and advice offered to mitigate
nuisances arising from the source, no formal action has been necessary in
these cases.
The use of volumetric apparatus in the Public Health Department
to measure daily pollution of smoke and gaseous contamination has been
continued throughout the year, the results are forwarded to the Warren
Spring Laboratory of the Ministry of Technology at the end of each month.
12. RIDING ESTABLISHMENTS ACT, 1964.
The riding establishments in the area have been inspected
and Mr. H.E. Bywater reports as follows
"The year under review is of importance, in so far as riding
schools are concerned, since on 1st April, 1965 the Riding
Establishments Act of 1939 was replaced by the above Act of 1964.
It is now illegal to conduct the husiness of a riding establishment
unless, each year, the owner obtains a licence granted by the
Local Authority.
Whereas formerly, Local Authorities had the powers to have
riding establishments inspected from time to time, some Local
Authorities failed to exercise this perogative. Now the new
enactment makes it obligatory for licensing authorities to have
a report of a veterinary inspector when they consider applications
for licences. Your Council have, for some years, exercised its
right to have quarterly inspections of such premises and can thus
claim to be amongst the more progressive Authorities in this
respect.
The general conditions which exist in these businesses
especially with regard to the buildings- vary considerably and
are related, in the main, to the financial resources of the owners.
Whilst many of the stables are converted farm buildings and, owing
to age, are far from ideal, it has been the practice not to penalise
the owners on these grounds alone but to judge each application
on the suitability of the animals for the required purposes and
the general treatment given to them, rather than to attempt to be
too drastic in enforcing too high a standard in the available
/accommodation
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