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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Woolwich 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Woolwich]
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connection, and it is necessary to make application to a Magistrate for an Order.
No such applications were made during the year.
Sandpits.—It is the practice of the Council to disinfect all children's sandpits
under their control at regular intervals during the year.
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933.—This Act places upon Metropolitan
Borough Councils the duties of enforcing the provisions of that part of the Act
which relates to poisons in Part 2 of the Poisons List. Poisons in Part 1 of the
Poisons List may only he sold by "authorised sellers" and those in Part 2 by
authorised sellers and by listed sellers, whose names appear in a register to be
kept by the local authority. "Authorised sellers," i.e., pharmacists, are inspected
by Inspectors appointed by the Pharmaceutical Society, but the Borough Council
are required to arrange for the necessary inspection of all listed sellers. The Council
have appointed as inspectors for this purpose, the Medical Officer of Health, the
Chief Sanitary Inspector, and two sanitary inspectors.
The Act came into force on the 1st May, 1936, and 84 names were entered
on the Council's list during the year.
Legal, Proceedings.—The particulars of the various prosecutions instituted
under the various Acts are set out in detail in the following Table, No. 22:—
TABLE No. 22.
Prosecutions under Public Health and Kindred Acts.
| No. | Date of Hearing. | Offence. | Situation. | Result. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3rd January | Foul decaying match lining in back lobby and absence of eaves guttering on wash-house and water closet. | 15, Dock Street | Order to abate in 21 days. |
| 2 | 3rd January | Failed to cleanse and free from vermin the walls of the ground floor front and back rooms and the first floor front room. | 15, Dock Street | Fined Is. Od., and £2 2s. costs. |
| 3 | 8th May | Damp walls and defective roof. | 1, Halons Road | Magistrate's Order and 2s. costs. |
| 4 | 8th May | Did distribute toys from a vehicle in exchange for rags. | Fuchsia Street | Ordered to pay 2s. costs. |
| 5 | 8th May | Being a person having charge of a dog on lead, allowed said dog to deposit its excrement on public footway. | Court Road | Adjourned sine die. |