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SHOPS AND OFFICES
The Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act, 1963, and a number of the
Regulations made thereunder regulate working conditions in offices and shops. Public
Health Inspectors and Shops Inspectors of the Town Clerk's Department, collaborate in
these measures to secure the health, safety and welfare of persons employed in such
premises. The Town Clerk is also responsible for the registration procedure and the publication
of an Annual Report to the Secretary of State for Employment.
The total number of registered premises at the end of the year was 3,134, a slight
reduction on the previous year. Of this total 179 were premises newly registered during
the year. At the end of the year there were 1,110 shop premises where the Act is not
applicable i.e. family businesses. In addition to the number of premises registered by the
Council, there are 301 registered premises where the Act is enforced by the Factory
Inspectorate and 10 premises where the Act is enforced by the Greater London Council.
The following is an extract from the Report, setting out the number of premises registered,
an analysis of persons employed and the number of general inspections made:-

Table B — Number of visits of all kinds by Inspectors to Registered Premises
4965
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