[Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council.

  • West Riding of Yorkshire (England). County Council
Date:
1938
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Credit: [Report 1938] / Medical Officer of Health, West Riding of Yorkshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933. There were 1,581 Listed Sellers in the Administrative County at the end of 1938. Included in the list are 73 sets of premises from which are sold preparations containing poisons included in the First Schedule to the Poisons Rules, such as arsenic, mercury and nicotine, the sale of which is subject to special restrictions. There are also 41 premises which are either partly or almost wholly concerned with the sale of various preparations for the treatment of human ailments, and it requires the exercise of vigilance in these cases to ensure that no preparations are sold containing poisons which it is unlawful to sell from such premises. From the majority of the remaining premises on the County Council’s list preparations con¬ taining such poisons as ammonia, phenols (in carbolic disinfectants), caustic soda, caustic potash and salts of lemon (potassium quadroxalate) are sold, and the questions which arise in connection with the sale of these poisons mostly involve the regulations as to labelling and form of containers. Many infractions are due to misunderstandings of the requirements of the Act and Rules, and it has sometimes been found expedient to interview or write to the wholesaler or manufacturer in connection with such matters as packages of preparations observed in the course of inspections which might contain poisons which a Listed Seller is not entitled to sell, or as to irregularities in labelling or form of containers of such substances as prepacked ammonia or carbolic disinfectant supplied by him to the Listed Seller for resale. In such cases ready co-operation has generally been met with, and now that manufacturers and wholesalers are more familiar with the requirements of the Act and Rules, the irregularities in connection with labelling and containers which were observed for some time after the Act came into force have almost disappeared so far as prepacked articles supplied by the larger firms and wholesalers are concerned. In most cases of non-compliance with the legal provisions, verbal admonishment, confirmed by letter where considered necessary, has sufficed to check any laxity observed during inspections. During the year 416 inspections were made. General Hospital Accommodation. Details of Accommodation Provided. The following table gives particulars of the medical and nursing staffs, the number and classification of the beds available and the number of admissions and discharges during the year under review: — Staincliffe County Hospital, Dewsbury. (Telephone No. Dewsbury 1614). Medical Superintendent. J. J. O’Reilly, M.D., F.R.C.S. (Ed.), D.P.H.. Deputy Medical Superintendent. D. B. McVittie, M.B., Ch.B. Classification of Beds. Males. Females. Children. Total. Medical ] Surgical >... 130 165 12 307 Chronic j Tuberculosis 12 10 — 22 Isolation 5 5 — 10 Maternity — 10 10 349 Admissions Discharges ((a) living |(b) deaths 1,893 1,517 416 White Rose County Hospital, Wakefield. (Telephone No. Wakefield 3454). Visiting Physician. J. B. Lyle, M.D. Visiting Surgeon. 1). H. Russell, F.R.C.S. (Ed.). Classification of Beds. Males Females. Children. Total. Medical 1 Surgical > ... Chronic J 76 60 26 162 Tuberculosis 4 2 — 6 Maternity ... ... — 2 — 2 170 Admissions Discharges I (a) living ((b) death: 842 630 241