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In addition, the Council's sewermen and contractors' staff engaged on the
repair of sewers have commented on the decrease in the number of rats seen
in the sewers. There has also been a marked decrease in the number of
complaints of rats received in the department from householders.
The results which have been obtained are highly encouraging and
the Council have decided to continue with this method of treating the
sewers.

PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT. 1933
At the end of the year the number of sellers of Part II Poisons
(other than registered pharmacists) on the list maintained by the Council was
115. Of this number 8 were new registrations during the year.
RAG FLOCK AND OTHER FILLING MATERIALS ACT. 1951
This Act regulates the use of clean filling materials in
upholstered articles and other articles which are stuffed or lined.
Subject to certain exceptions, the Act makes it unlawful to use
prescribed filling materials except on premises registered by a local
authority. The local authority are required, on the application of the
occupier of premises, to register the premises on payment of a registration
fee of One Pound. At the end of the year there were 19 registered premises
in the borough.
If on registered premises there are unclean filling materials, the
occupier shall be guilty of an offence. It is also an offence to sell or
offer for sale any article which is upholstered with unclean filling
materials (second-hand articles are excepted).
Inspections of the registered premises were made during the year
and 6 samples of rag flock and other fillings were taken for analysis.

The Act further provides that no rag flock shall be delivered to
registered premises except from premises licensed for manufacturing rag
flock or used as a store for rag flock. A local authority on receiving