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ceptions relating to the sale of perishable foodstuffs provided it
gives no reasonable cause for annoyance. Proceedings for an offence
under the section may be instituted by the local authority.
The Act does not affect existing bye-laws and the Council have
made five for good rule and government which deal with noise from
music near public buildings and hospitals, noisy shouting by hawkers,
wireless loud speakers in or adjoining streets, and noisy animals.
NUISANCES FROM DUST
The London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1960, empowers
borough councils to deal with " any dust or other airborne particles
caused by any trade, business, process or manufacture, and being a
nuisance or injurious or dangerous to health, " as a nuisance within
the meaning of the Public Health (London) Act, 1936.
It will be a defence in any proceedings to show that, having
regard to costs and local conditions and circumstances, the best
practicable means had been taken to prevent or counteract the effect
of the dust or airborne particles.
SALES OF CORROSIVE POISONS TO CHILDREN
In 1959, the result of confidential enquiries made regarding the
sale of corrosive poisons within the borough were forwarded to the
Association of Municipal Corporations, with a request that in view
of this evidence further steps should be taken to secure the prohibition
of sale of corrosive poisons to children.The Secretary of
the Association replied that the matter had been considered by the
Association's Police Committee, at whose request an enquiry was made
by a number of police authorities on the lines of that conducted by
this Council. The results were placed before the Police Committee to
assist then in their further consideration of the matter. Estimates
of the number of children asking to be sold corrosive poisons varied
widely from authority to authority (depending in part, of course, on
the size of the authority) and many authorities stated that they had
found difficulty in obtaining detailed and accurate information,
because requests from children to be served (and actual sales) were
not recorded. There was very little evidence of accidents arising
from these sales and the impression was received that authorities
generally did not consider that amending legislation was required.
It is understood that the Pharmaceutical Society and the National
Pharmaceutical Union advise their members to refuse sales to children
and this advice is normally followed. In the light of this information
the Police Committee did not feel able to support the Council's