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Poisons List unless his name is entered in a local authority1s list of sellers
of such poisons. The names of 117 persons' and the addresses of their business
premises were entered in the authority's register for the sale of Part II
poisons at the end of the year. The main business of these sellers was:-
Grocer 71
Hardware Store 30
Drug Store 11
Hairdresser 2
Disinfectant Merchant 1
Seed Merchant 1
Turpentine Bottler l
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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 Pood and
Drugs Act, 1955:-
Inspections
Registered Food Premises 814
Other Food Premises 563
Stalls 225
Markets 245
Food 373
Dairies and Milk Distributors' Premises 305
Investigations
Food Complaints 43
Food Poisoning cases 13
Sampling
Samples - formal 283
Samples - informal 264
Graded Milks 372
Tuberculin Tested (Raw) Milk 9
Ice cream (for bacteriological examination) 98
Notices served
All types of Food Premises 72