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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
West Ham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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43
SHOPS ACTS
The provisions of the Shops Acts are carried out by Messrs E j
Ferrier and C J Genery, the Shops Inspectors, and the following
Table shows the work performed in connection therewith:—
Summary of Shops Visited during the Year 1935
| Principle Trade | No of Visits | INFRINGEMENTS | WARNINGS | Refused to serve after hours | Summonses | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notices NOT exhibited | Open after Hours | YPs working after hourf | Verbal | Letters | |||||||
| H-H | K | E or F | H or J | ||||||||
| Bakers | 366 | 51 | 22 | 26 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 100 | 17 | 40 | — |
| Boots and Shoes | 157 | 58 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 92 | 4 | 8 | — |
| Builders' Merchants | 49 | 8 | — | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Butchers | 416 | 27 | 22 | 30 | 32 | 48 | 7 | 153 | 11 | 103 | — |
| Caterers | 202 | 14 | 15 | 18 | 19 | — | 8 | 24 | 7 | — | — |
| Carpets, Rugs and Linos | 24 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | — | 7 | — | 2 | — |
| Chemists and Druggists | 203 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 35 | 5 | 33 | — |
| China and Glass | 83 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | — | 10 | 4 | 11 | — |
| Clothiers | 141 | 21 | — | 18 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 35 | 6 | 10 | — |
| Confectionery and Tobacco | 873 | 28 | 18 | 30 | 32 | 152 | 29 | 242 | 49 | 259 | 23 |
| Corn Merchants | 83 | 9 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 10 | 11 | — |
| Cycle Dealers | 84 | 10 | — | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Domestic Stores | 151 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 29 | 5 | 39 | 2 | 17 | — |
| Drapers, Milliners, etc | 669 | 60 | 48 | 42 | 42 | 81 | 14 | 193 | 20 | 81 | — |
| Fishmongers | 288 | 33 | 10 | 25 | 30 | 43 | 6 | 102 | 3 | 31 | — |
| Florists | 62 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 10 | 4 | — | 15 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Fruiterers and Greengrocers | 621 | 65 | 4 | 24 | 30 | 111 | 2 | 140 | 23 | 68 | — |
| Furniture Dealers | 132 | 30 | 7 | 22 | 24 | 21 | 4 | 53 | 5 | 11 | — |
| Furriers | 13 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Grocers, General, etc | 903 | 90 | 40 | 85 | 92 | 196 | 37 | 335 | 66 | 308 | 9 |
| Hairdressers and Barbers | 433 | 80 | 19 | 60 | 54 | 39 | 2 | 179 | 10 | 21 | 1 |
| Hosiers and Hatters | 125 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 1 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 1 |
| Ironmongers | 33 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — |
| Leather and Harness Makers | 58 | 2 | — | 3 | 5 | 4 | — | 6 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Live Stock | 24 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Mixed | 525 | 41 | 39 | 18 | 21 | 95 | 7 | 91 | 19 | 275 | 1 |
| Music | 50 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Newsagents and Stationers | 105 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 10 | — |
| Opticians | 33 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 12 | 1 | — | — |
| Photographers and Pictures | 48 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | 6 | — |
| Public Houses | 162 | 19 | 18 | — | — | — | — | 19 | 5 | — | — |
| Tailors | 233 | 21 | — | 31 | 27 | 30 | 8 | 65 | 9 | 25 | — |
| Toys and Fancy Goods | 129 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 33 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 25 | — |
| Undertakers | 20 | ||||||||||
| Watchmakers, Jewellers and Pawnbrokers | 93 | 11 | 3 | 28 | 28 | 4 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 4 | _ |
| Wireless and Electrical | 153 | 16 | 8 | 36 | 34 | 44 | 9 | 84 | 5 | 45 | 3 |
| Totals:— | 7744 | 788 | 334 | 612 | 636 | 1082 | 174 | 2240 | 299 1 | [444 | 38 |
H-H (Half-Holiday)
K (Seats for females)
E or F (Hours worked by Young Persons)
II or J (Abstract of Act 1934)
For results of Police Court Proceedings see pages 42, 78