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1937 68
PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933, AND THE POISONS RULES, 1935-37.
PART II.—POISONS.
Number of persons entered on list of sellers of Part II, Poisons, at the
end of 1936 169
Number of persons who ceased selling poisons during the year, and were
removed from the Register 17
Number of new entries made to the List during the year 13
Number of persons entered on the list of sellers of Part II, Poisons, at
the end of 1937 165
The reason for the removal of 17 persons from the List of sellers of Part II
Poisons was as follows:—
Renewal fee not paid 8
Premises unoccupied 4
Business changed hands and ceased
selling poisons 4
Premises demolished 1
Number of visits made by the Mr. Norman during the year was as follows:—
Visits re applications for entry on List of sellers 13
Other visits *819
832
During the year, six cases of contravention of the Act and Rules were reported
to the Public Health Committee ; four were in respect of non-listed sellers of Poisons
selling Part II Poisons, and for not labelling same in accordance with the provisions
laid down in the Poisons Rules, and two were in respect of Listed sellers selling
poisons not properly labelled.
In three cases warning letters were sent to the offenders on the instruction of
the Committee, and the other three were successfully prosecuted—total fines being
£7 2s. and costs £5 3s.
One of the cases reported was very interesting in regard to its ingenuity—an
itinerant vendor was found hawking a disinfectant fluid in the street. A sample
was purchased, which on analysis was found to contain 2.14 per cent. Phenols.
The disinfectant fluid was purchased as carbolic, but the vendor thought that it
was quite in order for him to sell it, and produced a letter from the manufacturers
of a certain carbolic disinfectant tablet, wherein it was stated that the disinfectant
could be sold either in a solid or diluted form. Naturally the itinerant vendor
thought it would be safe for him to sell this disinfecting fluid made from the dissolved
tablets. A warning letter was sent to the manufacturers and also to the
itinerant vendor, and no further fluid has been found on the hawker's barrow.
* In addition to these, 888 visits under the Act were made by the Food and Drugs Inspector.
(See p. 70.)
EXAMINATION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
FOOD AND DRUGS (ADULTERATION) ACT, 1928.
During the year the number of Samples of Food and Drugs taken for analysis
was 1,237, including 582 informal samples ; and 10 under the Pharmacy and Poisons
Act. All the purchases were made by Inspector Lewis or his agent and were submitted
to the Islington Public Analyst, Dr. Alan W. Stewart.
Of the total samples 1,216 were reported to be genuine and 21 adulterated, or
1.7 per cent.