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Shop Acts.
The Shop Acts, 1934, contains provisions for dealing with health and
comfort of persons employed and also regarding ventilation, temperature,
sanitary conveniences, washing facilities and the' facilities for taking
meals in shops.
The Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936, 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, cane into force during
the year.
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.
1,770 inspections were made and a number of infringements were found
as set out.
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 the improvement
scheme) is situated at Pitjake, 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 promises. The charge per night to lodgers is Is. Od.,
the cost of a weekly ticket: is 6s. Od., for 7 nights.
The number of men aecomodated during the year was 22,175. The
number of men lodgers exceeded 60 per night throughout the year. The
receipts and expenditure for the last ten years are as follows
Receipts. Expenditure.
1932 1932 £1517. 8. 4. £1547. 5. 5.
1933 1437. 2. 6. 1544. 7.10.
1934 1469.16. 1. 1695. 8. 9.
1925 1488.11.5. 1420.14. 9.
1936 1446. 0. 2. 1381.19. 2.
1957 1378.14.8. 1348.7.2.
1938 1253. 2.0. 1530. 6.5.
1939 1284. 3. 4. 1269. 0. 4.
1940 1178,11.10. 1059.10. 0.
1941 1048. 0. 0. 1271. 0. 0.
2. Private Common Logging Houses.
There are 2 common lodging houses on the register.
During 1941, 30 inspections were made.
Notices were served for the conditions and defects found.
The following table gives the situation of and the accomodation in
the common lodging houses:-
Premises. No. of rooms. Accomodation.
11 & 12, Princess Road. 10 38 men and women.
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