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The attention of 92 traders was called to their failure to exhibit
the appropriate notices, in two instances a final warning being given.
26 contraventions of section 10 of the 1934 Shops Act which
deals with the arrangements for health and comfort of shop workers
were noted, 18 arising from the dirty or defective water closet
accommodation, four cases of dirty walls; three were due to
absence of suitable and sufficient sanitary or washing accommodation
and one due to deficient heating arrangements. One
certificate of exemption from the provision requiring sanitary
accommodation was granted.
13 contraventions of the provisions of the Shops (Sunday
Trading) Act, 1936, were noted, five being due to failure to exhibit
notices, five due to failure to keep records of compensatory holidays
and one each from serving customers with non-exempted goods and
assistants not receiving compensatory holidays, and assistants
employed on more than the permitted number of Sundays in the
month.
During the year the Secretary of State issued instructions
for closing of shops during the winter months to become operative
from 17th November to 2nd March, 1941. For general purposes
shops were required to be closed not later than 7.30 p.m. on
Saturday and 6 p.m. other days. The sale of tobacco, smokers'
requisites, newspapers and periodicals is not affected by the
Order nor the sale of articles mentioned in the first Schedule of
the 1938 Act. The closing hours for barbers' and hairdressers'
shops is 8 p.m. on Saturday and 7 p.m. other days,
the closing of shops on the weekly half-holiday remaining unchanged.
The Harrow Chamber of Trade decided not to apply
for an Order to vary the hours.