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Sixty-four complaints of nuisance or damage caused by feral
pigeons were received. Pigeon traps were placed on suitable sites,
giving effect to a reduction in the number of birds. The situation regarding
the positive reduction in the number of pigeons is still very
unsatisfactory.
Pet Animals Act, 1951.
Twelve licences to keep Pet Shops were issued during 1967.
Thirty-three visits were made to these premises to ensure compliance
with the conditions attached to the licences.
Animal Boarding Establishments Act, 1963.
One application for the renewal of a licence was not recommended.
The Riding Establishments Act, 1964.
Three applications for a licence to keep a riding establishment
were received during the year, all of which were granted.
Diseases of Animals Act, 1950.
No outbreaks of disease occurred within the Borough during
1967. Many movement licences authorising the transfer of pigs from
areas affected by Swine Fever Orders to the slaughterhouse at Mitcham
were received during the year.
Numerous copies of Orders made by the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food were received in respect of the unprecedented
widespread epidemic of Foot and Mouth Disease, together with
those concerning outbreaks of Swine Fever and Fowl Pest.
On 18 th November, 1967, the whole of England and Wales was
declared by the Ministry to be a controlled area for the purpose of
preventing the spread of Foot and Mouth Disease. The effect of the
Order was that no movement of animals was permitted except under
licence granted by the Inspector of the Local Authority into whose
district the animals were to be moved. Up to the end of the year,
120 Movement Licences were issued, permitting 3,299 pigs, 5 sheep
and 28 cattle to be taken to the Mitcham slaughterhouse for slaughter.
The Foot and Mouth Disease (Controlled Areas) Special Order No.
10, 1967, was still in force at the end of 1967.
During the year a meat van was notified to me as having carried
Swine Fever infected material. After considerable difficulty this
motor van was traced and was brought to Mitcham where it was
disinfected in accordance with Ministry requirements.
Clean Air Act, 1956.
During 1967, 132 complaints were received with regard to smoke
or grit emission, and the necessary observations were made and
remedial action taken.
Legal proceedings were instituted against the occupier of industrial
premises for contravention of the Dark Smoke (Permitted
Periods) Regulations, 1958, in permitting an emission of dark smoke
from the chimney of an incinerator for nineteen minutes in a period
of twenty-nine minutes. The defendant, who pleaded guilty, was
fined £20 with £10 10s. 0d. costs.
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