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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
Harrow 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]
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PHARMACY AND POISONS
Fifty samples taken from premises of listed persons were examined
by the Public Analyst—all were reported as satisfactory.
The number of employment agencies in the Borough at the end of
1971 was 37. During the course of the year 10 new licences were issued
while over the same period, by reason of agencies changing hands or
closing down 9 were cancelled.
Visits were made to the agencies to ensure that the requirements of
the byelaws relative to the keeping of records and other matters were
being observed and no problems or difficulties calling for action by the
Local Authority were found.
During the year the number of persons listed as sellers of poisons to which Part II of the Pharmacy and Poisons Act 1933 relates decreased by 5 to 122. The shops listed from which articles containing poisons to which Part II of the Act relates were as follows
(For 1970 the figures are shown in brackets)
| Builders, Builders' Merchants | 6 (8) |
| Hardware Stores | 42 (40) |
| General Provisions | 58 (64) |
| Nurseries, Corn Merchants | 8 (8) |
| Hairdressers | 1 (1) |
| Photographers | – (1) |
| Pharmacists/Druggists | 6 (4) |
| Pet Stores | 1 (1) |
| Total | 122 (127) |
Sampling
EMPLOYMENT AGENCIES