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PHARMACY AND POISONS ACT, 1933
Other than registered Pharmacists, the registration of sellers
of poisons included in Part II of the Poisons List is carried out
by the Council.
At the end of the year the number of persons entered on the
Council's list of persons entitled to sell Part II poisons was 131.
NOISE ABATEMENT
Noise continues to give some residents cause for complaint, and
the Public Health Inspectors made 50 inspections connected with noise
complaints during the year under review.
Chimes from ice-cream vendors' vans gave rise to a number of
complaints during the summer, and all such complaints were investigated.
Letters were written to all principal manufacturers who retail ice-cream
by direct sales, as well as local manufacturers, pointing out the
requirements in respect of musical chimes contained in the Noise Abatement
Act.
All complaints of chimes did not refer to their pealing outside
permitted periods. One night-worker complained that his sleep was
disturbed regularly by an ice-cream vendor who visited daily at the
same time the road in which he lived. The driver of the van concerned
was subsequently interviewed by the Public Health Inspector and was
persuaded to visit the road later in the day.
Various other noise complaints ranging from crowing cockerels
to noisy jive clubs, were dealt with by informal action.
An all-night garage was the subject of a complaint from neighbours,
who alleged that hammering could be heard going on throughout the night.
Following a visit by the Public Health Inspector to the garage concerned
the nuisance abated.
A resident complained that a nearby factory engaged on a washing
process, blew off excess steam from a boiler at 2 a.m. The Public
Health Inspector visited the factory and drew the Manager's attention
to this complaint. On investigation it was discovered that the regular
stoker was away and the temporary stoker was unaware that he was causing
a nuisance. Following the intervention of the Public Health Inspector
the practice of blowing off excess steam in the early hours of the
morning was discontinued.
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