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Harrow 1962

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Harrow]

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Very little variation has occurred during the year in the numbers of
the different types of business, though the figures indicate a continued
tendency for an increase in the trades of motor and cycle supplies and
accessories, ladies hairdressing, ladies outfitting and paint and wallpaper
supplies.
871 visits were made for the purpose of administering the Shops Act.
The following is a summary of the contraventions noted:—
Shops in need of decorating 4
Defects in washing facilities 4
Sanitary conveniences dirty or defective 21
Sanitary accommodation insufficient for sexes 5
Heating, insufficient or absent 13
Yards dirty, or accumulations 4
Absence of seating for female assistants 3
Assistants employed on weekly half-holiday 2
Failure to keep records of Sunday employment 5
Young person employed without 11 hour consecutive interval 1
Shops failing to display alternative half-day notice 11
Shops contravening weekly half-holiday Order 3
Serving customers with non-exempted articles after hours 2
Keeping shop open without displaying mixed-trade notices 17
Failure to keep other prescribed notices 73
Warnings were given in respect of the above items and in one instance
a retailer was fined £5 with costs for serving customers after the hour of
closing.
oil Heaters Regulations.
The Oil Heaters Regulations 1962, made under the Consumer
Protection Act, 1961, came into force on 1st June, 1962. These Regulations
Prescribe certain standards of construction, design and performance
with which all oil heaters coming within the scope of the Regulations must
comply; provision is made for the inspection and testing of such heaters.
No such tests have so far been found necessary.
Other Premises.
Visits were made to Licensed Premises, Clubs and to places of
Entertainment and to those which by reason of the trade or business
carried on are affected by a particular Act of Parliament or by special
reglations. These include Hairdressing Establishments, premises where
Rag Flock is handled, Marine Stores and shops selling pet animals. With
few exceptions satisfactory conditions were found at these premises, and
those matters on which it was necessary for action to be taken were dealt
with without the service of any statutory notices becoming necessary.