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Poisons List is required to have his name entered in the
List of Persons entitled to sell such poisons, kept by
the Local Authority of the district in which his premises
are situate.
The Act and Rules lay down certain requirements
regarding types of containers, labelling, storage, transport
and sale of poisons.
At the end of 1949 there were 161 names on the
Council's Register, and Senior Sanitary Inspector for the
Food & Drug Section, A.W. Gammack paid 211 visits of
inspection. Fifteen samples of Part II poisons were
purchased for analysis during the year and none calls for
special comment.
TUBERCULOSIS.
I have received a most interesting Annual Report for
the year 1949 from the Chest Physician at the Fulham
Chest Clinic, Dr, Price, who has kindly given me permission
to quote from his report. He states:-
"GENERAL REVIEW
The year under review is noteworthy for three
main events. Firstly, the administrative machinery
of the National Health Service shows signs of beginning
to run a little more smoothly with the continued
integration, at least on paper, of the various specialist
branches of medicine including the chest service.
Secondly; the public demand for the new service has
shown little signs of decreasing following the tremendous
initial demand, illustrating clearly that this was not
just a temporary effort on the part of the ordinary
people to get something for nothing. In fact the
introduction of the new service seems to have lifted
a corner of the curtain hiding a deplorable state in
the general health of the people. The service has
certainly not overspent, the need has been grossly
underestimated in official circles. The medical
services were at last mobilised to tackle the enormous
task of satisfying an overwhelming popular need.
Thirdly, we heard the first distant rumblings heralding
the rapid approach of what is known as financial
stringency. Considerable bitterness has been aroused
since it became apparent that the brilliant, expanding,
vista for positive activity opened up by the Health
Act of 1948 was being obscured by official directives
on "The need for care in spending" - a term not unknown
in the past history of the Health Service.