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FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Department is responsible to the Council for the efficient performance of the following
duties
Food.
Bakehouses generally.
Basement bakehouses (enforcement of special provisions).
Dairies and Milkshops, Orders, General Powers Act, etc.
Enforcement of the large number of special Regulations and Orders relating to standards of various
articles and preparation of food.
Food & Drugs Act, 1938—Sampling for chemical analysis, formal and informal samples, procedure
for prosecution.
Food and Ice Cream Premises—Registration and inspection.
Food Factories—Imported food, storage and distribution.
Food Poisoning—Notification and investigation.
Horseflesh—Supervision of Sale, etc.
Inspection of food premises generally, structure of special food premises and bylaws relating thereto
prevention of infection of food and drink.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations.—
Licensing.
Bacteriological examination.
Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933—Registration.
Preservatives in Food—Regulations and Orders.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924—Inspection of carcasses.
Inspection of butchers' shops and stalls.
Street traders in food—Inspection of market streets, stalls and storage places.
Unsound Food—Voluntary surrender ; seizure, condemnation by magistrate.
Health Education.
Distribution of pamphlets.
Film Displays.
Lectures and demonstrations.
Housing—Housing Act. 1936.
Overcrowding and inspection of accommodation concerning applications to L.C.C.
Reconditioning of houses—Section 9.
Slum clearance—Section 25.
Underground rooms—Section 12.
Demolition—Section 11.
Infectious Disease.
There is a long list of infectious diseases which are compulsorily notifiable, but special steps are
necessary as regards the occurrence of cases of smallpox, cholera, typhus, etc.
Bacteriological examinations.
Daily and weekly returns.
Disinfection of premises and articles.
Infected conveyances.
Infected bodies.
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