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One application for permission to instal a swing-arm in connection
with an underground tank was refused.
Poisons and Pharmacy Act, 1908.
Two existing licences were renewed during the year.
Under the Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933, the Council of
a Municipal Borough will cease to perform any functions in regard
to the control of poisons after 1st May, 1936, and any licence issued
by it under Section 2 of the Act of 1908 will cease to be valid after
that date.
Game Dealers.
Seven renewal certificates were issued during the year.
Shop Acts, 1912-1928.
It was necessary to issue 36 notices regarding infringements
of closing hours, and one prosecution was taken at Stratford Police
Court in respect of an infringement of the Shops (Hours of Closing)
Act, 1928, by a tobacconist who served cigarettes at 8.30 p.m. on
a Wednesday, the hour of closing for that day being 8 p.m. The
defendant was fined 10s.
In March, 1935, the following Resolution was passed by the
Council:—"That the appointments of the Sanitary Inspectors as
Inspectors under the Shops Acts be rescinded and that they be
appointed as Inspectors to enforce the provisions of the Shops Act,
1934, relating to the ventilation and temperature of shops and to
sanitary conveniences."
Shops Act, 1934.
One thousand three hundred and sixty visits were made in
connection with the above-named Act. One certificate was granted
exempting a shop from Sub-section 2 of Section 10 of the Act,
regarding the provision of suitable and sufficient sanitary conveniences.
Smoke Abatement.
Observations have been made on chimney shafts in the Borough
throughout the year, and fourteen "time" observations were made
in cases where infringements of the Bye-laws were suspected or
alleged. Seven cautionary letters were sent and two verbal cautions
given during the year.