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Shops Acts, 1912 to 1938.
Mr. E. G. Thomas, Deputy Chief Sanitary Inspector and Shops Act
Inspector, reports as follows:—
Number of visits made 156
Number of evening patrols carried out 45
Number of Sunday patrols carried out 28
Number of shops where sanitary and washing accommodation
insufficient. Notices served under Section 10,
Shops Act, 1934, and complied with 7
Number of shops where Young Persons employed 11
Number of shops where official forms relating to staff not
posted up on the premises 25
Number of "mixed shops" where poster relating to
Sunday trading not exhibited under Shops (Sunday
Trading Restrictions) Act, 1936 7
One shop was registered under Section 7 of the Shops (Sunday Trading
Restrictions) Act, 1936, by a person observing the Jewish Sabbath.
Offences:—
Shops Act, 1912.
Number of shops open after 1 p.m. on the early
closing day -
Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928.
Number of shops open after the evening closing
hour 4
Shops (Sunday Trading Restrictions) Act, 1936.
Number of shops open contrary to the provisions
of the Act 2
Shopkeepers were sent warning letters in respect of contraventions of the
Shops Acts.
My thanks are due to the Chairman and Members of the Public Health
Committee for their ready consideration and support and to the Staff for their
great help and painstaking work during another busy year, in which I was, un
fortunately, absent from duty for a few months.
I am, Mr. Chairman, Lady and Gentlemen,
Your obedient Servant,
R. T. PEARCE,
Chief Sanitary Inspector.