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The Authority's task of providing the protection afforded by the Act to persons
employed in the distributive trades in the Borough is no mean one, but with the
co-operation of shopkeepers, this task can be lightened.
Little difficulty was experienced regarding the observance of closing hours
which generally have been very good. The fact that the public have got into the
habit of doing their shopping earlier, coupled with the desire of most shopkeepers to
close as early as possible nowadays, has to a large extent, reduced the number of offences
appertaining to closing hours.
Visits were also made to those premises in the Borough where it was believed that
young persons were being employed in any of the occupations mentioned in Part 1 of the
young Persons (Employment) Act, which regulates the hours of employment of persons under
the age of 18 years in certain occupations not covered by the Shops Act or the Factories
Act, 1937. On no occasion was any infringement of the provisions of the Act revealed.
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