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Hackney 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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The Public Analysts Regulations, 1957. These Regulations re-enact substantially
the provisions of the Public Analysts Regulations, 1939 as respects
the qualifications to be possessed by persons appointed to be Public Analysts,
and prescribe a revised form of certificate to be given in pursuance of section
92 of the Pood and Drugs Act, 1955.

Table: The main business of these sellers was:-

The main business of these sellers was:-

Grocer103
Hardware Store20
Drug Store8
Hairdresser2
Disinfectant Manufacturer1
Disinfectant Merchant3
Mill Furnisher1
Seed Merchant1
Turpentine Bottler1
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PHARMACY AND MEDICINES ACT 1941 The provisions of this Act which a local
authority has power to enforce, relate to the prohibition of the publication of
advertisements concerning certain diseases, to the prohibition of the publication
of any advertisement relating to abortion, and to the disclosure of
certain information as to the composition of medicines.
The following is a Summary of the work carried out under the Food and
Drugs Act, 1955:-
Inspections
Registered Food Premises 2,841
Other Food Premises 1,894
Stalls 823
Markets 908
Food 568
Dairies and Milk Distributors'1 Premises 470
Investigations
Food complaints 31
Food Poisoning cases 28
Sampling
Formal samples 425
Graded Milks 615
Ice Cream (for bacteriological examination) 101
Informal samples 285
Notices Served
All types of Food Premises 242