Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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Half-Holiday for Shop Assistants.
Every shop assistant in every class of shop must be allowed a halfholiday
once a week commencing not later than 1.30 p.m. The rule
applies whether a shop is required to be closed for a weekly half-holiday
or not.
Meal Times.
Dinner.—If the hours of employment include the hours from
11.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., each assistant must be allowed an interval of
three-quarters of an hour for dinner within that time if the meal is taken
on the premises, or an interval of a full hour within that time if the
meal is taken off the premises.
Tea.—If the hours of employment include the hours from 4.0 p.m.
to 7.0 p.m., each assistant must be allowed an interval of half-an-hour
for tea within that time.
Evening Closing Hours.
* Butchers Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday 7 p.m.
Friday and Saturday 8 p.m.
(Subject to Weekly Half-holiday Order.)
Confectioners .. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday 9.30 p.m.
Saturday 10 p.m.
†Other Shops Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday,
Thursday and Friday 8 p.m.
Saturday 9 p.m.
(Subject to Weekly Half-holiday Order.)
Note:—Shops wholly exempt from the provisions of the Shops
(Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936—Sunday, 8 p.m. (with the
exception of confectioners, whose closing hour on Sunday is 9.30 p.m.).
A Jewish Hairdresser and Barber may open his premises on Sunday
until 2 p.m., provided he is registered in accordance with the Shops
(Sunday Trading Restriction) Act, 1936, and that all premises occupied
by him are closed for the whole of Saturday.