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ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH
Responsibility in respect of all other shops and offices is vested in local
authorities.
Since the passing of the Act several Orders and Regulations have been
made prescribing standards for the provision of washing facilities, sanitary
accommodation, first aid equipment, etc., and explanatory circulars have
been issued.
By the end of the year the total number of registered premises in the borough
was 3,054. A total of 4,325 visits were made and 151 new registrations were
received during the year. Sixty-nine notices were served in respect of
contraventions of the Act. However, these were minor in character, the
most common faults being inadequate lighting and sanitary accommodation.
Fifty-two accidents were reported but none was of a serious nature. In the
majority of these cases carelessness appears to have been a contributory
factor. More thought and care in the handling of goods and equipment and
instructions on the best methods to use would probably lead to a reduction
in the number of these minor accidents.
Shops Act 1950
The Shops Act 1950 deals with hours of closing, conditions of employment,
Sunday trading and general matters relating to these subjects. One
successful prosecution was made under this Act and the shop concerned
was fined £10.
Shops (Early Closing
Days) Act 1965
The Shops (Early Closing Days) Act 1965 enables an occupier of a shop to
select' the weekly half holiday. Departmental records indicate that there are
1,861 shops within the borough.
Market and Street
Trading
Provisions relating to street trading were included in the Middlesex County
Council Acts and Byelaws made thereunder and were extended by the Local
Law (North-West London Boroughs) Order 1965. There were no prosecutions
in relation to street trading during the year.
Until the Autumn the street market, with 36 licensed sites, traded six days
a week at Edmonton Green. These traders were then moved to the new
market square forming part of the Edmonton Green Redevelopment Area.
There are now 48 licensed market traders on this new site. A further four
licensed traders are situated in other parts of the borough.
A privately owned covered market which traded in the Edmonton area has
been demolished under the Edmonton Green Redevelopment Scheme and
the traders have been offered alternative accommodation in the new
precinct.
A private market is held in the Enfield market square every Saturday.
During the year 3,972 visits were made to shops and stalls. Some of these
were primary inspections to premises where a change in use had occurred.
Minor contraventions noted were found to have been remedied on reinspection.
No prosecutions were taken.
Hairdressers' and Barbers' Premises
Section 77,
Public Health Act 1961
Byelaws have been made to ensure the cleanliness of premises and of
instruments and other materials which hairdressers' use in the course of
their work. One hundred and seventy-five visits were made by the public
health inspectors and conditions were found to be generally satisfactory.
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