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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Penge 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Penge]

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Table: Mr. E. G. Thomas, the Shops Acts Inspector, reports as follows on the administration of the Shops Acts on matters other than the above:—

Mr. E. G. Thomas, the Shops Acts Inspector, reports as follows on the administration of the Shops Acts on matters other than the above:—

Individual premises visited268
Total number of visits304
Premises where assistants were employed50
Premises where young persons were employed27
Minor contraventions (official forms and records not posted or incorrect)38
Shops not closed on weekly half-holiday2
Shops where young persons were found to be employed in excess of prescribed hours2
Customers served after prescribed hours13
Warnings given respecting contraventions17
Evening patrols35

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A survey of shops in this district under the Shops Act,
1934, was completed during the year.
Hairdressers' and Barbers' Shops (Sunday Closing)
Act, 1930.
Visits paid on Sundays 96
No contraventions were found.