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SHOPS ACTS, 1912 to 1936.
The following Closing Orders are in operation within
the area:—
Bexley Urban District (Butchers) No. 6 Order,
1920.
Bexley Urban District (Grocers and Provision
Merchants) No. 7 Order, 1923.
Bexley Urban District (Miscellaneous Trades)
No. 8 Order, 1923.
Approximately 750 shops in the district were on the
Council's Register at the end of the year.
During the year inspections were made as follows:—
Inspections. Reinspections.
Shops Acts, 1912-36 1,363 953
Several warnings were given re contraventions of the
above Acts, but in no cases were legal proceedings taken.
1 am, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Yours obediently,
R. J. RAYNER,
Chief Sanitary inspector.
(v) Smoke Abatement.
Observations of the few factory chimneys within the
area have been made, but in no case has a report been
made to the Council of a contravention of the Public
Health (Smoke Abatement) Act, 1926, or the Public
Health Act, 1936.
A few complaints have been received in the Department
with respect to two chimneys in commercial areas
bordering on residential areas, but these have been dealt
with in the main, by use of appropriate fuel and improved
methods of stoking.
(vi) Swimming Pool.
The only swimming pool in tlie area open to the public
is in Danson Park and is owned by the Council. The
scheme actually includes three open-air pools, one large
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