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Circular 58/68—Noise—Technical Instruction of Staff and Public
Education—As requested by this Circular, issued by the Ministry
of Housing and Local Government, a report was sent of the action
taken by the Council in accordance with paragraph 22 of Circular
22/67.
It was reported that a circular letter was sent in April, 1967, to
all proprietors of industrial premises in the Borough requesting
their co-operation in eliminating all unnecessary noise. These
letters were, in general, well received and resulted in confirmation
that noise levels would be kept to a minimum.
Posters on the subject of noise are on display in a number of
Council owned establishments and the Health Education Unit
arranges lectures and films on the problems of noise as part of the
Department's health education programme.
With regard to technical instruction, a number of public health
Inspectors and staff of the Borough Engineer and Planning Officer's
Department attended a special course on noise. This practice will
be continued.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
During the year the Town Clerk received 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 154 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 serivce
are:—
(i) to maintain an index of substances in common usemedicinal,
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.