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New Legislation, &c.
During 1935, the following new Acts and Orders affecting the
work of the Public Health Department came into force:—
(a) Acts of Parliament—
(1) Housing Act, 1935 (vide page 105).
(2) London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1935,
Section 65 of which modifies the method of serving
notices under the Metropolis Management and other
Acts, and Section 67 gives new powers as to the
supply of drinking water to houses, &c.
(b) Orders and Regulations—
(1) Sale of Food (Revocation) Order, 1935.
(2) Anthrax Order, 1935, which regulates the importation
of goat hair.
(3) Public Health (Meat) Amendment Regulations, 1935,
which made some verbal amendments in the Order
of 1924.
(4) Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 (Date of Commencement)
Order, 1935.
(5) Poisons List (Confirmation) Order, 1935.
(6) Poisons Rules, 1935, which will come into operation
on 1st May, 1936.
(7) Merchandise Marks Act Orders, relating to pre-packed
imported salt, and granting certain exemptions from
the Order of 1934 relating to imported meat.
(8) Sanitary Officers (London) Regulations, 1935, which
lays additional duties on the Medical Officer of Health
to furnish annually to the Ministry of Health information
as to overcrowding.
(9) Orders made under the Agricultural Produce (Grading
and Marking) Acts relating to various foodstuffs.
(10) Housing Acts (Overcrowding and Miscellaneous Forms)
Provisional Regulations, 1935.
(11) Housing, England, Regulations, 1935.
Sanitary Inspection.
Following upon the retirement of the Senior Sanitary Inspector
and the engagement of an additional inspector (vide page 87)
opportunity was taken to revise the boundaries of the sanitary
inspectors' districts, which, with minor exceptions, had remained
untouched since 1898. The number of districts was left unchanged
at eight, but considerable revision of the boundaries was made, and