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Finsbury 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]

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Public Health (Preservatives, etc., in Food) Regulations
1925-1927.
All the samples submitted for examination are reported by the
Public Analyst to have been tested for preservatives, the presence
of which was reported in two formal samples of sausages;
warnings were sent in each case.
Artificial Cream Act 1929.
No premises in the Borough are known where artificial cream
is manufactured or sold.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 (Part II).
This Act came into force on 1st May, 1936.
Forty-four applicants were approved during the year by the
Council as Listed Sellers of Poisons.
In connection with the duties placed upon the Council by
this Act, 125 visits of inspection have been made.
The Listed Sellers of Poisons in this Borough are now fully
informed of the requirements of the Act and Poison Rules made
under the Act. They have been advised, in any case of doubt,
to make application at the Town Hall for guidance, and advantage
has been taken of this in many instances.
There have been no contraventions observed.