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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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During the year 85 names have been entered in the list,
and certificates issued to all the applicants.
The following are some of the requirements applying to
the sale of all Part II poisons:—
1. Sales must be effected on the premises entered in
the Council's List;
2. No sales can be made from vans, travelling shops,
barrows or stalls;
3. Hawking carbolic disinfectants is now illegal;
4. Poisons must be sold in closed containers.
The listed premises are kept under supervision by the
Council's Sanitary Inspectors.
During the year 1,058 shops were inspected. The following notices were served for:—
| 1. Sanitary Accommodation | 58 |
| 2. Ventilation | |
| 3. Temperature | |
| 4. Sanitary Accommodation and Ventilation | |
| 5. „ ,, „ Temperature | |
| 6. Ventilation and Temperature | 3 |
| 7. Sanitary Accommodation, Ventilation and Temperature | 1 |
| 8. Other | 55 |
| Total | 223 |
In twenty cases the Council granted a certificate of
exemption where satisfactory arrangements had been made
for the shop assistants to use conveniences in the same
building or elsewhere in the immediate vicinity.