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Inspection of certain shops (principally those dealing in food
stuffs) is carried out as a routine measure, and the total number
of inspections carried out solely for the purposes of the Shops
Act amounted to 43, arising out of which 13 intimation notices
were served. These related to defective, insufficient or unsuitable—
Ventilation 1
Heating 6
Sanitary accommodation 8
two of the notices relating to more than one defect. Eighteen
statutory notices were served and all were duly complied with.
In the case of 3 shops the Committee gave certificates of
exemption from the requirements of the Act of 1934, relating to
sanitary accommodation. There were at the end of the year 39
of such certificates remaining in force.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
The Health Committee has been empowered to act on behalf
of the Council in the execution of this Act, and the Medical Officer
of Health and Sanitary Inspectors are appointed Inspectors for the
purposes of the Act.
The Council as sanitary authority are required to keep a
register of sellers of poisons comprised in Part II of the Poisons
List (i.e., those poisons the sale of which is not restricted to
registered pharmacists).
As mentioned in the last annual report, 88 applications for
registration had been received and granted up to the end of 1936.
Some of these applications were not renewed for the following year,
and after deducting these, and allowing for 9 new applications in
1937, change of occupation, and businesses closed down, etc.,
there were registered at 31st December, 1937, 71 traders occupying
88 shops.

Only one infringement of the requirements of the Rules was
reported to the Committee during the year, and in that case the
Committee gave directions for the persons concerned to be cautioned.
A slight amendment of the original rules was made by the
Poisons (Amendment) Rules, 1937, and the Poisons List (Amendment)
Order made certain alterations in the Schedules to the rules
which determine by which persons the various poisons may be sold.