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The Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1930, restricts
the sale of certain goods on Sunday, deals with 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, regulates the
hours of employment of persons under the age of eighteen
employed in certain occupations.
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.
1,070 inspections were made and a number of infringements
were found as set out.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES.
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 situated 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 the seven nights.