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(2) First aid equipment is very nearly useless unless associated
with trained personnel to use it.
(3) While there are notable exceptions, there is ample evidence
of the need for education in matters relating to industrial processes
and working environment.
(4) The useful employment of able aged persons in local factories
shows scope for further discussion with managements and others in
tackling the problem on a broader scale.
(5) The need for an organised local industrial health service,
largely supervisory and advisory, is apparent.
Shops
In April of this year the Council appointed a full time Shops
Inspector to work under the supervision of the Chief Public Health
Inspector. The control of shops and effective administration of
the legislation relating thereto are secured by systematic visita
tion„ Investigations and visits were made on the weekly half
holiday, after the general closing hour and on Sundays at certain
times throughout the year. Complaints were promptly dealt with.
Verbal and written advice and information has been given to many
shopkeepers in the Borough, andithas been found that the majority
of them are willing to fulfil their obligations as required by the
Act.
In an endeavour to ensure that the prescribed forms and notices
are maintained and exhibited in the proper manner, the system of
buying forms and notices in bulk and selling them to the shopkeepers
has been adopted. This method means that contraventions of this
nature are immediately rectified.
A new Shops Bill has been introduced in the House of Lords by
the Government and if enacted in its present form will produce
important administrative changes. The Bill incorporates many
reforms recommended by the Gowers Committee which dealt with
anomalies that exists in the present legislation.
The following is a summary of inspections patrols and
observations made during 1956 and relevant action taken.
Inspections
1,261 shops have been systematically inspected prescribed
notices records of employment, etc., have been examined and the