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Exhumations.—During the year three exhumations under Home Office licences
were carried out.
Offensive Trades.—By the Transfer of Powers Order, 1933, consideration of,
and decision on, applications for the establishment anew or the enlargement of
certain offensive businesses, or imposition, modification, or removal of conditions,
was transferred from the London County Council to the Metropolitan Borough
Councils. At that time there was only one offensive trade, namely, that of a
slaughterer of poultry, the premises at which this was carried on being approved by
the London County Council in November, 1931.
In 1936 the Council approved an application by the Royal Arsenal Co-operative
Society to establish anew the business of a slaughterer of cattle and that of a tripe
boiler, subject to certain conditions. An application for the re-establishment of the
business of slaughterer of poultry, referred to above, was considered by the Council
in July, 1937, and was approved.
Removal of Infirm and Diseased Persons.—Power is given by Section 224 of
the Public Health (London) Act, 1936, to remove infirm and diseased persons living
under insanitary conditions to institutions. Usually such persons are persuaded to
enter an institution, but occasionally difficulty is experienced in this 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 be 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 Medical Officer of Health, the Chief