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LEGISLATION.
The following Acts, Byelaws, Orders and Regulations affecting the
Department were made during the year:-
Date
Operative
Slaughterhouses Act, 1958 1. 8. 58
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1958 18. 1. 59
London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1958 7. 7. 58
Litter Act, 1958 7. 8. 58
Stepney Council Byelaws as to Artificial Lighting
of Common Staircases in Tenement Houses and Flats 1. 4. 58
Clean Air Act, 1956 (Appointed Day) Order, 1958 7. 2. 58
Alkali &c. Works Order, 1958 1. 6. 58
Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods) Regulations, 1958 1. 6. 58
Dark Smoke (Permitted Periods)(Vessels) Regulations, 1958 1. 6. 58
Factories (Cleanliness of Walls and Ceilings) Order, 1958 16. 6. 58
Poisons List Order, 1958 1. 7. 58
Poisons List (No.2) Order, 1958 1. 1. 59
Poisons Rules, 1958 1. 7. 58
Poisons (No.2) Rules, 1958 1. 1. 59
Rivers Pollution (Restriction on Proceedings) (Continuance)
Order, 1958 25. 6. 58
Labelling of Food (Amendment) Regulations, 1958 3. 5. 58
Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) (Amendment)
Regulations, 1958 14. 8. 58
Public Health (Preservatives etc. in Food) (Amendment No.2)
Regulations, 1958 1. 1. 59
Antioxidant in Food Regulations, 1958 6. 9. 58
Rent Restrictions (Amendment) Rules, 1958 6.10. 58
Slaughterhouses (Meat Inspection Grant) Regulations, 1958 2.10. 58
Slaughterhouses (Hygiene) Regulations, 1958 1. 1. 59
Slaughter of Pigs (Anaesthesia) Regulations, 1958 1.12. 58
Slaughter of Animals (Prevention of Cruelty) Regulations, 1958 1. 1. 59
Other subjects dealt with in circulars issued by Government Departments
included the following:
Ministry of Health: Annual reports of Medical Officers of Health;
Investigation of Food Poisoning (Revised Memorandum); Accidents in the
Home (Burns and Scalds).
Ministry of Agriculture. Fisheries & Food: Official certificates
under the Public Health (Imported Food) Regulations in respect of China
and Germany; Approved Oxydising and Preservative Agents; Electric
Stunning (Slaughter of Animals Acts); Chemical compounds used in
Agriculture and Food Storage; Meat content and price of Sausages;
Copper in Foods; Tea sampling on importation; Use of sodium fluoroacetate
for sewer treatment (Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949).
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