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special circumstances affecting the shop, it is reasonable that a
certificate should be in force, and that suitable and sufficient sanitary
conveniences or washing facilities are otherwise conveniently
available.
The Council granted 8 exemption certificates during the year
in respect of the provision of w.c. accommodation at premises
where suitable alternative sanitary arrangements were available
for the use of the employees. Three of these certificates were issued
in the case of shops, and five in respect of kiosks and lock-up
shops.
The provision of additional water-closet accommodation was
required in five cases; in two instances suitable and sufficient
means of ventilation, and in 12 cases suitable and sufficient means
of maintaining a reasonable temperature.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
The duty is laid upon local authorities by Section 25 (5) of
the Act by inspection and otherwise to take all reasonable steps to
secure compliance, by persons not being authorised sellers of poisons,
with the provisions of Part II of the Act, and with the Rules made
under the Act so far as those provisions relate to poisons included
in Part II of the Poisons List.
An inspector of a local authority has power at all reasonable
times to enter any premises on which any person whose name is
entered in a local authority's list carries on business, and any
premises on which the inspector has reasonable cause to suspect
that a breach of the law has been committed in respect of any
poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List. In either case he
shall have power to make such examination and enquiry and to
do such other things, including the taking on payment therefor of
samples, as may be necessary for the purposes of the inspection.
All the district Sanitary Inspectors have been appointed as
officers under this Act.
Lining the year, 177 applications were received from persons
desiring to be placed on the Register for the sale of Part II poisons
which were approved by the Council. It was not necessary to
remove from the list the name of any person previously registered.
The inspectors made 620 inspections and 48 re-inspections of
these premises during 1936.
One sample in the phenol group of poisons was submitted for
analysis and was formally reported upon by the Public Analyst.
No infringement of the provisions of the Act came to the notice
of the Public Health Department during the year.
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