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(ii) Extensions of Half-holiday Orders to exempted orders:—
Wealdstone Fixes Wednesday Fruiterers and
as early closing Greengrocers.
day
Wealdstone do. Butchers and pork
butchers (uncooked
meat including
pork but excluding
bacon and
and ham).
Wealdstone do. Fishmongers.
(Kenton area only)
Wealdstone
(except Kenton Fixes Monday as do.
area) early closing day
(iii) Exemptions from half-holiday obligations:—
Harrow-on-the- Total exemption Wardrobe dealers
Hill from half-holiday and retailers of
toys and fancy articles.
Wealdstone do. do.
(iv) Closing Orders:—
Harrow-on-the- Fixes closing hours Butchers and pork
Hill butchers.
Wealdstone do. Wardrobe dealers
and retailers of
toys and fancy articles.
(v) Orders under Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928:—
Harrow-on-the- Fixes later closing Tobacco and smokHill
hours ers' requisites.
Consideration was given to the question of amending the
Closing Order respecting tobacconists in order to effect the closing
at the same hour throughout the district, but as the only way in
which this could be done would be by extending the hours of
opening in part of the district, it was decided that no action should
be taken.
Inspections under the Shops Acts are undertaken by the
Sanitary Inspectors. During the year 824 new shops were
registered so that by the end of the year the total number of shops
on the register was 1,505.
2,886 visits were paid to shops under the above Acts and 129
evening observations made. 101 contraventions were recorded,
these being classified as:—Serving customers after closing hours,
60; intervals for meals not given to assistants, 17; assistants not