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Vaccination Acts, 1867 to 1898
The following is a summary of the work carried out under
the above mentioned Acts during the year 1935:—
No of Cases in Birth Lists received during the year 5401
No of Certificates of Vaccination received 1272
No of Certificates of Postponement owing to—
Health of Child 329
Condition of House —
Prevalence of Infectious Disease —
No of Certificates under Section 2 of Vaccination Act,
1898, and No of Statutory Declarations under
Section 1 of the Vaccination Act, 1907 2950
No of Certificates of Insusceptibility or of having had
Smallpox 12
No of Cases—
Parents removed out of District 841
Otherwise not found 270
No of Entries in Lists sent to Public Vaccinators 1320
Shops Acts, 19121934
The Shops Act, 1934, which gives effect to certain of the
recommendations made by the Select Committee on Shop Assistants
constituted in November, 1930, came into operation on 30th
December, 1934 A summary of the principle provisions of the
Act was given in my Report for 1934
It will be appreciated that the Act places new and heavy
responsibilities on the Council In carrying out their duties, the
Shops Inspectors have found that a considerable number of shopkeepers
need instruction and supervision in the keeping of the
prescribed records Theatres and other places of entertainment
have to be visited to ensure that the Act is complied with as
regards the employment of young persons in the retail trade 'The
enforcement of the provisions of the Act with regard to lighting
and facilities for washing, which apply to all shops where assistants
are employed, and in certain circumstances facilities for taking
meals, are duties which add considerably to the work of inspection
In addition, there are a number of minor matters needing
attention, which necessitate much time being spent in making the
provisions of the Act known
The total number of visits made by the Shops Inspectors during
the year was 7,744, and 3,626 infringements were detected
The majority of these were minor irregularities, in respect of
which 2,240 verbal cautions were given In cases of a more persistent
nature, 299 written warnings were issued, and in 38 cases
it was found necessary to institute legal proceedings (see page
78)
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