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pharmacy and poisons act, 1933.
This Act came into operation on the 1st May, 1936. The greater part of the Act concerns
the Pharmaceutical Society, members of which alone may sell poisons detailed in Part 1
of the Poisons List. Part 2 of the list is a concern of the Common Council of the City of
London as Registering Authority for persons selling the poisons there listed in the City.
The duties of the Authority are to list these persons, to inspect their premises and to secure
compliance with the provisions of Part 2 of the Act.
A shopkeeper may not sell listed poisons unless he is on the Local Authority's list,
and the application to be listed must be on a schedule form. Provision is made for a charge
of 7s. 6d. for first listing, 1s. for any subsequent alteration and 5s. for annual renewal.
In regard to multiple premises, the fee is 7s. 6d. for each of the listed premises and 5s. for
each year of renewal. Appropriate forms of application for listing have been prepared,
and have been circulated by me to grocers, ironmongers, oilmen, garage keepers, seedsmen,
etc., likely to be affected by the Act.
The Court of Common Council appointed Mr. E. A. Johnson as Inspector under the
Act, and from the date when it came into operation to the end of the year, 97 persons were
appropriately registered.
The work in connection with the above Act has been carried on as usual, and 82 visits
to firms dealing with material controlled by the Act made by your Officer.
Twenty-seven special enquiries on behalf of other Authorities in connection with delivering
samples and obtaining statutory statements from registers were made.
There was one offence against the law which necessitated the institution of legal proceedings.
As the offence actually took place outside the City, the necessary prosecution was
instituted by another Authority and a fine of £5 5s. with £10 10s. costs, was imposed.
The quarterly returns to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have been made
at the end of each quarter.
agricultural produce (grading and marking) acts, 1928 and 1931.
The above-mentioned Acts have been administered during the year with little real
difficulty beyond that of persuading affected parties to conform to the requirements. This
is readily understandable in areas like the City of London, where there are so many casual
street vendors with little or no knowledge of the requirements of the law. Those regularly
engaged in the work associated with these Acts of Parliament, having once been acquainted
by the Inspector of their obligations, readily remedy any omission ; defect is almost invariably
due to the failure of assistants to carry out the instructions of the proprietor.
During the year 2,272 shops and stores and 732 street traders were interviewed. There
were, in all, 30 minor offences.
Ten new orders were issued under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking)
Acts, 1928 and 1931.
fertilisers and feeding stuffs act, 1926
merchandise marks act, 1926.