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Shop Hours Acts.
737 visits were made during the year, including week-day
and evening patrols and Sunday evening patrols, for the purpose
of delecting any infringements of the Acts.
168 infringements found.
165 cautions given.
Proceedings were taken in the following instances:—
1.—Selling a bottle of sauce at 2.45 p.m. (Wednesday). Fined £1.
Costs 10/6.
2.—Selling chocolates at 9.50 p.m. (Friday). Fined 10/-
3.—Selling a tin of milk at 8.25 p.m. (Thursday) Fined 10/-
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
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 9d.; the cost of a weekly ticket is 5s. for
seven nights.
The number of men accommodated during the year was
36,512. The average number of men lodgers amounted to 100
per night throughout the year. The receipts and expenditure for