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Fourteen visits were made in connection with canal
boats during the year.
SANITARY CONVENIENCES
The conveniences attached to licensed premises in this
Borough compare very favourably with similar places in
all other towns 1 have visited. Practically all the premises
now have glazed slabs or stalls, and the minimum of labour
is required to keep the conveniences in clean condition.
Comparatively few of the licencees have failed to keep the
premises in order.
A report upon the condition of the sanitary conveniences
is supplied to the Licensing Bench upon request,
and the very satisfactory conditions which now exist are
due in no small measure to the support and co-operation
afforded by the Bench to your Council.
SHOPS ACTS—1912 to 1936
Your Sanitary Inspectors are appointed as Shops
Inspectors for all purposes of the Acts and not only in
respect of sanitary and health provisions contained in the
1934 Act.
During the past year the Retail Meat Dealers Shops
(Sunday Trading) Act, 1936, and the Shops (Sunday
Trading Restriction) Act, 1936, came into force. The
former Act prohibits the business of retail dealer in
butcher's meat being carried on on Sundays ; the second
Act restricts Sunday trading generally, but as with all
other Shops Acts, the exemptions and provisos are so
numerous that it is doubtful if the intention of the legislature
will, in fact, be accomplished. The difficulties in the
administration of the Shops (Sunday Trading Restriction)
Act, which was so extensively reported in the Press, were
not experienced to any considerable degree in this Borough,
but the two Acts have jointly added considerably to the
duties of Shops Inspectors.
During the past year no less than 1249 visits have
been made to shops solely in connection with Shops Acts,
and it may be accepted that the administration of these
Acts in this Borough is well above the average for the
whole country. By reason of the various restrictions, the