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INSPECTION OF OFFICES - PUBLIC HEALTH ACT.
During 1940, 146 inspections of offices were carried out. This
is a new branch of the work necessitated by the Public Health Act.
A number of defects were found, including lack of sanitary accomodation
for the sexes, cleansing of sanitary arrangements, redecorations
required.
SHOP ACTS.
The Shop Acts, 1934, contains provisions for dealing with the health,
end comfort of persons employed and also regarding ventilation,
temperature sanitary conveniences, washing facilities and the facilities
for taking meals in shops.
The Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936, restricts : the
sale of certain goods on Sunday, deals with the hours which the
assistants have to work and introduces new requirements.
The Retail Meat Dealers' Shops (Sunday Closing) Act,1936,prohibits
the sale of meat on Sundays, with certain exceptions.
The Young Persons Employment Act, 1938 came into force during the
year.
All the matters mentioned above are an advance on previous
legislation, and have entailed a considerable amount of extra work on
the staff in order to see that the requirements were carried out.
4414 inspections were made and a number-of infringements wore
found as set out.
COMMON LODGING- HOUSES.
1. Municipal Lodging House.
The Municipal Lodging House (built by the Corporation owing to
displacement of private common lodging houses due to the improvement
scheme) is situate at Pitlake, and contains 101 cubicle beds for nightly
letting to lodgers. In addition there are three cubicles allotted to
members of the Municipal Lodging House staff, making a total of 104
cubicles on the premises. The charge per night to lodgers is 1s.,
the cost of a weekly ticket is 6s., for seven nights.

2. Private Common Lodging Houses.
There are 2 common lodging houses on the register.
During 1940 17 inspections were made.
Notices were served for the conditions and defects found.
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