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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1962
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Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933
Persons entitled to sell poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List
numbered 126 at 31st December, 1962.
Pet Animals Act, 1951
Five licences were issued by the Council during the year in relation
to premises subject to the provisions of this Act.
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933—Slaughterman's Licences
The Council during the year granted Slaughterman's licences to 19
men who had been accepted by the Royal Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Animals to act as their inspectors in different parts of the
country.
These licences are required to be held by the pupils while undergoing
training in humane slaughtering as part of the course for appointment as
inspectors of the R.S.P.C.A.