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FUNCTIONS OF PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT
The Department is responsible to the Council for the efficient
performance of the following duties:—
FOOD.
Bakehouses generally.
Basement bakehouses (enforcement of special provisions).
Dairies and Milkshops, Orders, General Powers Act, etc.
Enforcement of the large number of special Regulations and Orders
relating to standards of various articles and preparation of food.
Food & Drugs Act, 1938—Sampling for chemical analysis, formal
and informal samples, procedure for prosecution.
Food and Ice Cream Premises—Registration and inspection.
Food Factories—Imported food, storage and distribution.
Food Poisoning—Notification and investigation.
Horseflesh—Supervision of Sale, etc.
Inspection of food premises generally, structure of special food
premises and bylaws relating thereto, prevention of infection of
food and drink.
Milk (Special Designations) Regulations.—
Licensing.
Bacteriological examination.
Pharmacy & Poisons Act, 1933—Registration.
Preservatives in Food—Regulations and Orders.
Public Health (Meat) Regulations, 1924—Inspection of carcasses.
Inspection of butchers' shops and stalls.
Street traders in food—Inspection of market streets, stalls and
storage places.
Unsound Food—Voluntary surrender; seizure, condemnation by
magistrate.
HEALTH EDUCATION.
Distribution of pamphlets.
Film Displays.
Lectures and demonstrations.
HOUSING—HOUSING ACT, 1936.
Overcrowding and inspection of accommodation concerning applications
to L .C .C.
Reconditioning of houses—Section 9.
Slum clearance—Section 25.
Underground rooms—Section 12.
Demolition—Section 11.
INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
There is a long list of infectious diseases which are compulsorily
notifiable, but special steps are necessary as regards the occurrence
of cases of smallpox, cholera, typhus, etc.