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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, ls. for any subsequent alteration of address, 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.
At the 31st December, 1938, 95 persons were registered, of whom five were new
registrations during the year.
FERTILISERS AND FEEDING STUFFS ACT, 1926.
The work in connection with the above Act has been carried on as usual and, when
necessary, special enquiries on behalf of other Authorities in connection with delivering
samples and obtaining statutory statements from registers, were made. '
The quarterly returns to the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries have been made
at the end of each quarter.
MERCHANDISE MARKS ACT, 1926.
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.
Three new orders were issued under the Agricultural Produce (Grading and Marking)
Act, 1928 and 1931.
SUPERVISION OF FOOD AND DRUGS.
During the year 1938, 1,012 samples of food and drugs were submitted to the Public
Analyst for examination, 777 of which were taken as informal or test samples without the
formalities of the Food and Drugs (Adulteration) Act, 1928, being observed. Sixteen of
these informal samples were reported against, as follow:-
6 of Sausages, out of 45 samples.
3 of Canned Fish, out of 35.
2 of Butter (on bread), out of 22.
2 of Vinegar, out of 19.,
1 of Jam, out of 10.
1 of Crushed Linseed, out of 1.
1 of Boric Ointment, out of 5.
Of the formal samples, 7 out of 235 were reported against, as follow:—
3 of Sausages, out of 4 samples.
2 of Milk, out of 194.
1 of Butter, out of 6.
1 of Whisky, out of 25.
The above-mentioned samples, with the exception of Milk and Whisky, were taken
as a result of informal samples having been reported against.