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the appropriate bye-laws. The attention of the London County
Council was, therefore, drawn to this matter, as it was understood
that an application under the Town Planning Acts for consent to
use this land as a caravan site had been refused.
Shops Act, 1950.
The local sanitary authority is responsible for the provisions
of the above Act which relate to temperature and sanitary
accommodation in shops. The district sanitary inspectors made
435 visits of inspection during the year and two notices were
served for contraventions of the Act, which were complied with.
There were no applications for the issue by the Council of
exemption certificates under the provisions of Section 38 (6)
of the Act.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Nineteen new applications were received during the year
for registration as sellers of poisons included in Part II of the
Poisons List prepared under the provisions of this Act. In
addition, 184 applications were received for the annual renewal
of registrations. The premises concerned were kept under supervision
by the district sanitary inspectors but no contravention of
the statutory requirements were reported.
Sanitary Inspection of the Area.
Difficulty continued to be experienced in securing the services
of qualified sanitary inspectors and the number of these officers
was below the authorised establishment during the whole of the
year.
Complaints received during 1953 numbered 5,385. The
visits made by the sanitary inspectors, which totalled 31,996,
are summarised in the following table: —