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Pet Animals Act, 1951.
There were in 1954 four registrations. One was not renewed on
account of the firm going out of business. Inspections were made of
the premises during the year, the shops all being maintained in a
satisfactory condition.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951.
No additional registrations have been made under this Act, the
number of premises registered in the Borough remaining one. Three
visits were made under this Act during the year.
Petroleum (Regulation) Acts, 1928 and 1936.
Fifty-eight licences were renewed at the beginning of the year,
and two new licences were granted during the year.
Two storage places were discontinued during the year, one a can
store and the other a tank storage below ground level. One garage
added a new pump and two firms reduced the number of pumps, in
one case from two to one and in the other case from five to four. One
new station set up four pumps, and a contracting firm installed a
one pump installation.
109 inspections were made of installations during the year.
Game Licences.
Sixteen licences to deal in Game were renewed in 1954.
The Milk (Special Designations) (Pasteurised and Sterilised Milk)
Regulations, 1949 and Raw Milk Regulations.
The following licences were issued:—
Dealers Licences
Pasteurised 12 Sterilised 21 Tuberculin Tested 12
Dealers (Pasteurisers) Licence 1.
Supplementary Licences
Pasteurised 9 Sterilised 9 Tuberculin Tested 9
Shops Acti, 1950
Seventy-seven visits were made under this Act.
No difficulty was experienced with hours of closing, shops close
well before the time specified in the Act.
One shop was fitted with additional sanitary and washing accommodation.
Essex County Council Act, 1933,
Massage and Special Treatment Establishments
As in previous years, the Sanitary Inspectors carried out the usual
routine inspections to these premises. They were all found to be
quite satisfactory. Twelve visits were made during the year.
Inspections carried out by Sanitary Inspectors
Infectious disease enquiries, including enquiries in respect of
scabies 54
Visits in connection with contacts, disinfection, etc 34
Enquiries in connection with food poisoning 5
Verminous premises 7
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