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TABLE B- Number of Visits of all kinds by Inspectors
to Registered Premises
782
TABLE C - Analysis of Persons Etaployed in Registered
Premises by Workplace.
Class of Workplace
Number of Persons Employed
(1)
(2)
Offices
18392
Retail Shops
9512
Wholesale Departments,
Warehouses
1781
Catering Establishments
open to the public
1566
Canteens
378
Fuel storage depots
7
Total
31636
Total Males
14466
Total Females
17170
No exemptions were granted or prosecutions instituted under
the Act during 1964.
The number of Inspectors appointed under the Act is twenty
and three other members of the staff are employed for most of
their time on work in connection with the Act.
SHOPS ACT
The Shops Act contains provisions for dealing with closing
hours, the hours of work, and health and comfort of those employed.
Closing hours have during the year given little cause
for complaint. The health and comfort of those employed is safeguarded
in the matter of shop ventilation, lighting, warming,
washing facilities, facilities for taking meals and suitable and
sufficient sanitary accommodation, and action has been taken in
the cases where these fell short of requirements. 700 inspections
were made under the Shops Act, and the infringements found
were as follows:-
Hours of Closing 4
Insufficient and defective W.C. accommodation 2
Defective floors, walls etc 2
Notices to be exhibited or amended 52
Insufficient heating 4
Washing facilities required 1