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School Disinfection.- All the Public Elementary Schools in
the district were thoroughly disinfected during the summer
vacation.
Yard Paving.— In the course of the inspections made during
the year, 61 yards were found to be in an unsatisfactory state,
due either to the absence of any paving or the defective condition
of that which did exist.
Stable Refuse.— Continued attention has been paid to the
mews and stable yards in the district, numerous visits having
been made to such premises during the year.
Inspections under the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
There are 450 factories, workshops and workplaces on the Register,
to which 401 visits of inspection were made. Fifty written
notices were served referring to sanitary conveniences and other
nuisances.
Shops Acts, 1912-28.— Four hundred and sixty-four visits
were made for the purpose of observing contraventions of the
Acts. Advice and warnings were given where necessary.
In one case legal proceedings were instituted as under:—
Against a firm for failing to close five of their shops on
the usual weekly half-holiday. Fined £5, including
£1 1s. costs, in each case.
Towards the end of November, the Home Secretary made
an Order suspending the operation of the General Early Closing
Order from 17th to 24th December, 1928, inclusive. As is
usual, this did not relieve occupiers of the obligation to comply
with the weekly half-holiday order in force in the district, and,
as a result, numerous questions as to the position of local shopkeepers
were dealt with by the Department. Notwithstanding
this, there appeared to have been quite a misunderstanding on
the part of a number of shop-keepers with regard to the days
on which the premises could legally be kept open. This, I
think, may safely be said to be due to the fact that one of the
holidays (Boxing Day) this year occurred on Wednesday, the
normal half-closing day. Therefore, this day could not be used
in substitution of the previous Wednesday half-closing day.
Observations were kept on the shops in the district in the week
preceding Christmas, and on the usual half-closing day only
ninety-nine out of the total number of shops (1,150) were found
to be closed. Further observations were kept during the holidays,
when three premises were found to be open contrary to
the Regulations'. The full particulars were reported at the first
Meeting of the Local Authority in 1929 and details of this will
appear in the Annual Report for that year.
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