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Shops Act, 1950—Section 38
Subsection (2) of section 38 of the Shops Act, 1950 requires that in
every shop, not being a shop exempted from the provisions of this
subsection, there shall be provided and maintained suitable and sufficient
sanitary conveniences available for use of persons employed in or
about the shop.
Under subsection (6) a shop shall be exempted from the provisions
of subsection (2) if there is in force a certificate of exemption granted
by the authority whose duty it is to enforce these provisions. A certificate
is granted if the authority is satisfied that by reason of restricted
accommodation or other special circumstances it is not practicable to
provide the required sanitary conveniences in the shop and that suitable
and sufficient sanitary conveniences are otherwise conveniently available.
Certificates of exemption in respect of sanitary conveniences were
issued in connection with three shops during the year.
Slaughter of Animals (Amendment) Act, 1951
Circular MF 18/51 (dated August 15, 1951) was received from
the Ministry of Food and called attention to the abovementioned Act
which came into operation on October 1, 1951. It implements certain
recommendations of the departmental committee on the export and
slaughter of horses.
The Act makes provisions regarding the supply of water and
food to animals in slaughterhouses and knackers' yards and while in
lairages awaiting slaughter, and amends paragraph 3 of the second
schedule to the Act of 1933 which deals with the fastening of the heads
of certain animals before stunning.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 and Pharmacy and Medicines Act, 1941
The names of 18 persons were entered on the Council's list of
persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the poisons list
and the names of 173 persons previously registered were retained on
the register.
207 visits were paid by the food inspectors in connection with the
granting and renewal of these licences.
Offensive trades
There are no offensive trades carried on in the borough.
Slaughterhouses
There are two private slaughterhouses in the borough, but very
little killing is done. The premises are visited periodically by the food
inspectors. Two applications as required by section 144 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1936, for the renewal of licences to use premises
as slaughterhouses were received. In both instances the licences were
renewed.
4 slaughtermen's licences were granted during the year under
the Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933.