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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Bermondsey 1936
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1936
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2. Presence of B. Coli.
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. 1/10th c.c. and 1 100 th c.c. | 40 |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. and 1/10th c.c. | 21 |
| B. Coli present in 1 c.c. | 16 |
| B. Coli absent in tests ranging from 1 c. c. to 1/lOOth c.c. | 32 |
3. Chemical Analysis.
| Fat 3.10 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 3.20 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 3.85 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 3.95 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 11.90 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 12.40 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 15.70 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 16.70 per cent. | 1 |
| Fat 16.76 per cent. | 1 |
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933.
Parts II and III of this Act, which considerably revise the
law relating to the sale, supply, storage and transport of poisons,
together with the Rules made by the Home Office under section
23, came into full effect on the 1st May, 1936. The existing
legislation was thereby repealed.
Section 25 (5) requires the local authority to take steps
to secure compliance by persons not being authorised sellers of
poisons with the requirements of the Act and the Rules relating
to poisons in Part II of the Poisons List. Mr. H. E. Butcher,
Food and Drugs Inspector, was appointed inspector under the
Act.
The number of premises listed for the year was fifty-seven,
and the number of persons removed from the list two.
Two samples were submitted for analysis by the Public
Analyst.
All those who might possibly be sellers of poisons were warned
by circular letter against infringement of the new requirements,
and such shops as general shops, accumulator chargers, garages,
and hairdressers, as well as street markets and street vendors,
were kept under observation by the inspector.
There was one prosecution during the year, that of a hairdresser
against whom proceedings were taken for selling a hair
dye containing a dangerous poison without being a listed seller of
poisons. The defendant had received two letters warning him
against the sale of preparations containing poisons; he was fined
£2 and ordered to pay £3 3s. 0d. costs.