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The Poisons Rules, 1935.
The Rules modify and relax certain of the provisions of the Act and
prescribe additional precautions in the case of certain poisons and deal
with the storage and transport, form of containers, and special provisions
with regard to hospitals, the storage of poisons in institutions and the
manufacture of pharmaceutical preparations.
The poisons with which the Local Authority is concerned are
principally those in common use for purposes other than the treatment
of human ailments, e.g., ammonia, hydrochloric acid (spirits of salts),
phenols (carbolic acid), hair dyes, sodium hydroxide (caustic soda),
nicotine, certain arsenical and mercuric compounds, etc.
The names of 217 firms and individuals were placed on the Council's
list during the year, the trades concerned being mainly grocers and
provision dealers, oil and colour merchants, ironmongers and hairdressers.
Thirteen samples of various preparations were taken during the
year, all of which were found to be satisfactory with one exception, a
sample of hair dye which was found to contain a substance having the
characteristics of paraphenylenediamine. This substance is a Part II
poison, the sale of which in hair dyes is permissible, but in this case a
printed leaflet accompanying the sample bore the words "free from
paraphenylenediamine and every health-harming matter." The vendor
was communicated with and undertook to amend the wording of the
printed matter in respect of future sales of this preparation.