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seem to be comparatively high and are earned from hour to
hour, added to which there is excitement in the work and an
absence of definite control. Only a few boys and girls engage
in street trade on reaching the age of 14, as their main occupation,
but unemployment comes along, and before many months
they drift into it. Many boys change readily from one job to
another, and fill in the interval by street trading until it becomes
an ingrained habit.
If, as a result of the evil consequences which follow the
practice, boys and girls under 18 were prohibited from trading
in the streets, much good would follow. By that time a good
idea of a trade would be learnt, and the discipline of the shop
would have an elevating influence.
An influential committee formed to consider the subject
were of the opinion and advised that no girl under 18, and no
boy under 11 should be allowed to trade in the street; that boys
between 14 and 18 should be prohibited, and that to prevent
the employment of boys selling betting papers, they should
not be allowed to trade on any day before 4.30 p.m. or after
8 p.m.
Premises where Food is Prepared for Sale.
These premises were kept under supervision during the
year. The number of inspections was 224, and include hotel
kitchens, restaurant kitchens, coffee shops, eating houses, fried
fish shops, eel pie shops, oyster bars, ham and beef cooking,
sausage making, meat chopping, &c., or any place where food
is cooked or prepared for sale to the public, or intended for
human consumption.
The premises added to the register during the year numbered
10, and removals 12, leav ing 117 premises on the register.
Twenty-five notices were served for amendment of various
defects and for cleansing, and these were complied with.
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