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Milk and Dairies Order, 1926.
General observation was kept by the inspectors on all purveyors of milk in the
Borough. No legal proceedings were taken during the year.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.
Under this Act the onus of enforcing the provisions which relate to poisons in
Part II of the Poisons List is placed upon the local authority. Poisons in
Part I of the Poisons List may be sold only by authorised sellers, i.e., registered
pharmacists, but poisons in Part II may be sold by authorised sellers and by persons
who are registered with the local authority. Authorised sellers are inspected by the
inspectors appointed by the Pharmaceutical Society.
Section 25, sub-section 5, of the Act places upon the local authority the duty, by
means of inspection and otherwise, of taking all reasonable steps to secure compliance
with the provisions of the Act, by persons who are required to be registered as being
authorised to sell those poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List. Each of the
sanitary inspectors has been appointed to carry out these inspections, but in practice
this work is usually performed by the food and drugs inspector.
Section 25, sub-section 6, gives a sanitary inspector, for the purposes of section
25 (5), power to enter at all reasonable times any premises on which any person
whose name is entered in the list carries on business, and any premises on which the
inspector has reasonable cause to suspect that a breach of the law has been committed
in respect of any poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List. He also has
power to make such examination and enquiry and to do such other things, including
the taking, on payment therefor, of samples, as may be necessary for the purposes
of the inspection.
The number of persons whose names are entered in the list as being entitled
to sell those poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List is 39.
Milk (Special Designations) Order, 1923.
During the year 61 applications were received for the sale of milk under these
regulations in the Borough. The applications were investigated and all were found
to be satisfactory.
Sixty samples of milk were taken during 1936, compared with 84 in 1935.
Of the 60 samples, 12 did not comply with the standard laid down by the order.