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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Southall-Norwood 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall]
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The statistics for the year are shown in the following table :
Table No. 36.
| Number of shops inspected | 1330 |
| Number of infringements re exhibition of notices | 258 |
| Number of infringements re hours of employment | 2 |
| Number of infringements under Section 10 of the 1934 Act | 35 |
| Number of infringements of the Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928 | 19 |
| Number of infringements of the Shops Act, 1912, and Closing Orders made thereunder | 8 |
| Number of applications for exemption certificates under Section 10 of the Shops Act, 1934 | 13 |
| Number of cases in which such certificate was granted | 9 |
| Number of police court proceedings | *1 |
| *This was a case under the Shops (Hours of Closing) Act, 1928 and the defendant was fined £2 with£2.2.0 costs. | |