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otherwise, and may contain special requirements or exemptions in relation to any such class.
Regulations shall not apply to the fumigation of rabbit warrens or to fumigation carried out
in the open air. Any person contravening any regulation will be liable to a fine not exceeding
fifty pounds in respect of each offence. All such regulations made by the Secretary of
State must be laid before Parliament as soon as may be after they are made.
Under section 2 it is provided that whenever any accident which occasions loss of
human life or personal injury occurs as the result of t lie fumigation of any premises, or
article, the person by whom, or by whose agent, the fumigation was carried out shall forthwith
send or cause to be sent to the Secretary of State notice of the accident and of the loss
of human life or personal injury. A penalty not exceeding five pounds is fixed for noncompliance
with this provision. The Secretary of State is empowered to make inquiries and
investigations into accidents.
Section 4 provides that His Majesty may by Order in Council apply the provisions of
the Act, or such of those provisions as may be specified in the Order in Council, to fumigation
with any substance other than hydrogen cyanide in like manner as they apply to fumigation
with hydrogen cyanide, subject to such adaptations, if any, as may be necessary, having
regard to the nature of the said substance. A draft of any such order shall not be presented
to His Majesty in Council until a copy thereof has lain before each House of Parliament for
twenty-eight days on which that House has sat, and, if either House within that period
resolves that the draft be not so presented, no further proceedings shall be taken thereon.
Any Order in Council may bo varied or revoked by a subsequent Order made in like manner
and subject to the like provisions. [Extract from Report of Town Clerk.]
HEALTH PROPAGANDA.
In addition to the numerous leaflets which are distributed from the various Welfare
Centres, Tuberculosis Dispensary, etc., an arrangement is in force, in conjunction with the
Education and Public Libraries Committee, to make known the Health Facilities which
exist in the Horough by printing this information on the reverse side of the Monthly Lists
and the book covers which are issued to borrowers at the libraries.
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN.
During the six months commencing on the 1st of October, 1937, a campaign known
as the National Campaign, to encourage the wider use of the Health Services, was conducted
throughout the country. Central administrative arrangements were undertaken by the
Central Council for Health Education on behalf of and in close co-operation with the Ministry
of Health.
The co-operation of Local Authorities was invited, and the sum of twenty-five pounds
was spent in posting throughout the borough specially designed posters supplied by the
Ministry of Health.
The idea behind this campaign, namely that the intelligent co-operation of the persons
for whom they are intended is essential to the full realisation of the benefits of the Social
Services, is of great importance and it is to be hoped that it will be still further developed.
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
A, Fcier and Small Pox.—Hospital accommodation is provided by the London County
Council.