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CONTRAVENTIONS OF FOOD HYGIENE REGULATIONS
1955
LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
Defendant Offence Result
Street Trader Use of tobacco while handling £4.0.0d. Fine
open food. Reg. 9 (e). £1.0.0d. Costs
Street Trader Use of tobacco while handling £4.0.0d. Fine
open food Reg.9 (e)
Seven cautionary letters were sent in respect of other articles
of food which were not of the nature, substance or quality
demanded by the purchaser, and which were the subject of complaints
by members of the public.
PHARMACY & POISONS ACT, 1933
There are 57 names of persons on the Council's list of Sellers
of Part II Poisons, in connection with which 92 inspections were
made.
NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT
Compulsory Removals
Action was taken under Section 47 of the National Assistance
Act, 1948, and the National Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1951, for
the compulsory removal of one aged person in need of care and attention.
He was removed to an old people's home, and later agreed to
remain there voluntarily.
Burial of the Dead
During the year the Council arranged for 16 burials under Section
50 of the National Assistance Act, 1948, at a cost of £185.7s.
A total of £135 was recovered from the effects of the deceased persons,
and from the Ministry of National Insurance.