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Local authorities are asked to direct some of their publicity
activities towards teaching that the creation of unnecessary noise
is inconsiderate and ill-mannered and to take such opportunity as
they can to promote higher standards of public behaviour in the
matter of noise.
This Council is aware of the need to keep the problem of noise
under constant review and will continue to take all available steps
to deal with such nuisance. As far as the problem of industrial
noise is concerned, the Council is satisfied, after having recently
considered a full report on the subject, that in all cases of nuisance
from this source known to the Council everything possible is being
done to reduce annoyance and discomfort to the residents affected.
In addition, the Council has drawn the attention of local industrialists to the problem and has invited their co-operation in
preventing or reducing noise nuisance.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
During the year the Town Clerk receiyed 6 applications for entry
of name in the Council's List of Persons entitled to sell Poisons
included in Part II of the Poisons List and 174 applications from
vendors for retention in the Council's List. All were duly considered
and approved.
Poisons Information Service—Circular 16/63 received from
the Ministry of Health drew attention to a Poisons Information
Service which has been set up at Guys Hospital and which came
into operation on the 2nd September, 1963. The functions of the
service are :—
(i) to maintain an index of substances in common use—
medicinal, veterinary, industrial, agricultural, horticultural,
household, etc.—showing their composition and, wherever
possible, their toxicity and corrective measures in cases of
poisoning;
(ii) to provide information to medical practitioners so as to
facilitate treatment of cases of acute poisoning.
The service is primarily intended to deal with enquiries related
to specific cases of poisoning or suspected poisoning. It will not
serve as a respository of toxicological information of a general
nature, nor will it be able to advise on miscellaneous toxic hazards.
Rag Flock and Other Filling Materials Act, 1951
Six premises, at which filling and upholstering with new materials
is carried out, remained on the register at the end of the year. One
annual licence was renewed in respect of the manufacture of Rag
Flock.