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New Legislation, &c.
During 1937, the following new Acts and Orders affecting the
work of the Public Health Department were passed or came into
force :—
(a) Acts of Parliament—
(1) Air Raid Precautions Act, 1937.
(2) Factories Act (vide page 113).
(3) Hydrogen Cyanide (Fumigation) Act, 1937 (vide page
92).
(4) London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1937,
which besides making some minor amendments in the
Public Health (London) Act, 1936, contains a clause
bringing a nuisance from noise within the nuisances
which can be dealt with summarily under the last
named Act.
(b) Orders and Regulations—
(1) Public Health (Ophthalmia Neonatorum) Amendment
Regulations, 1937 (vide page 62).
(2) Poisons (Amendment) Rules, 1937 (vide page 85).
(3) Poisons List Amendment Order, 1937 (vide page 85).
(4) Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations, dated
16th April, which revoked the regulations previously
in force and re-enacted them with amendments.
Metropolitan Borough Councils will only be affected
by these if the Minister of Health by order so decides.
(5) Other imported food regulations dealing with official
marks recognised for the certification of meat imported
from various countries.
(6) Housing Acts (Extinguishment of Public Right of
Way) Regulations, 1937.
(7) Orders made under the Agricultural Produce (Grading
and Marking) Acts, relating to various foodstuffs.
(8) Public Health (London) (Repealed Enactments)
Order, 1937, which declared that the effect of Section
346(2) of the Public Health Act, 1936, was the repeal
of certain clauses of the Public Health (London) Act,
1936, and of other Acts relating to epidemic diseases.
Shops Act, 1934.
The functions of Metropolitan Borough Councils under this
Act are limited to enforcement of the provisions relating to (1)
ventilation, (2) heating, and (3) sanitary accommodation.
As stated in the last annual report the number of premises
in Battersea which are subject to the provisions of the Shops Acts
is approximately 2,574, that being the number inspected by the
sanitary inspectors in the first survey during the years 1935 and
1936.