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Ilford 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]

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2. A child of the age of 13 years or over shall only be employed—
(а) on any school day between the hours of 5 p. m. and 7 p. m.;
(b) on any week-day when school is not open during any one
period of 3 consecutive hours between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
3. A child taking part in any entertainment in pursuance of a
licence under Part II of the Children and Young Persons Act, 1933,
shall not be employed on the day or days of, or the day following,
such employment, in any other employment.
4. For the purposes of these byelaws Sunday is prescribed as a
whole holiday, and no child shall be employed on that day.
III.—As to Prohibited Employments.
5. A child shall not be employed in any of the following occupations:
(a) as a lather boy, or in a similar occupation, in a barber's
or hairdresser's shop;
(b) in the kitchen of any hotel, cookshop, fried fish shop,
eating-house, or refreshment room;
(c) as a marker or attendant in any billiard or bagatelle
saloon, or other place licensed or used for games, or in any registered
club;
(d) in or in connection with the sale or delivery of intoxicating
liquors;
(e) in selling programmes or refreshments or other articles,
or in selling or taking checks or tickets, or in shifting scenery in
any theatre, music hall, picture theatre, or other place of public
entertainment;
(f) in the collection or sorting of rags or refuse;
(g) as an attendant or assistant in any premises or fair-ground
used for the purpose of public amusement by means of automatic
machines, mutoscopes, shooting ranges, games of chance or skill,
or similar devices;
(h) in any slaughterhouse;
(i) in or in connection with any racing course or track, or
other place where any like sport is carried on, or as an assistant
in any business conducted therein.
N.B. — By Section 18 (1) (/) of the Children and Young Persons Act,
1933, no child may be employed to lift, carry or move anything so
heavy as to be likely to cause injury to him.
IV.—As to Conditions of Employment.
6. A child of the age of 13 years or over shall not be employed,
except under the following conditions:
(a) The employer shall keep available for inspection by any
officer of the Local Education Authority a written record showing
the name and address and date of birth of the child, and the
occupation in which, and the place at which, and the hours between
which, each child is employed on school days and on week-days