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SHOPS ACTS and STREET TRADING
The Shops Acts and Street Trading Inspector submits a monthly report
to the Public Health Committee, and the following is a short summary of the
work carried out during the year :—
Visits to shops, Licensed Street Traders, etc. 1,650
Washing facilities, sink water heaters installed 8
Contraventions were in the main of a minor character, mostly concerned
with the exhibition of notices. In this connection forms of explanation were
circulated to shop-keepers in the Borough.
Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act 1936 :
Some shop-keepers were experiencing difficulty in interpreting the
requirements of this Act, in consequence forms containing an extract from the
Act, together with other official information, were circulated to certain shopkeepers.
Young Persons (Employment) Act 1938.
Cinemas and Boot & Shoe Repairing are the only occupations where
young persons are being employed under the above Act. The Registers kept
at these premises are periodically inspected.
Middlesex County Council Act 1944.
Street Trading.—Legal proceedings were instituted and fines amounting
to £21 10s. Od. were imposed during 1948.
The inspection of shops, stalls and others traders' premises coming
within the scope of the Acts has been carried out throughout the year, including
Sundays and evenings, and the work of registering, indexing and classifying
is still continuing.
Chemical and Bacteriological Examinations of Food.
The only examinations carried out by the Council are those for designated
milks. The matter has been discussed previously.
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