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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
Surbiton 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]
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SHOPS ACT,1950 (Cont)
end of 1960 was:-
| Antique dealers and secondhand furniture | 11 |
| Bakers | 19 |
| Boots and shoes | 29 |
| Builders and Decorators supplies | 27 |
| Butchers | 37 |
| Cafes and Restaurants | 37 |
| Chemists | 24 |
| Confectioners, newsagents and tobacconists | 92 |
| Cycles, radio and television | 26 |
| Dairies | 8 |
| Drapers and Ladies' outfitters | h9 |
| Electrical supplies | 13 |
| Fishmongers and Fried Fish Shops | 16 |
| General stores | 12 |
| Greengrocers,Fruiterers and Florists | 58 |
| Grocers and Provision Merchants | 78 |
| Hairdressers | h3 |
| Hardware, Ironmongery and Timber | 2h |
| Licensed premises | 52 |
| Motor and Cycle Dealers and Engineers | 30 |
| Tailors and Outfitters | 19 |
| Upholsterers and House Furnishers | |
| Watchmakers and Jewellers | 9 |
| Miscellaneous | 79 |
| 806 |
The present unsatisfactory state of the law with regard to
shops is to be deplored.
The 1950 Act is merely a consolidation of legislation passed
"between 1912 and 1938 and is to a large degree outmoded.
Further, there have been many decisions given by the Courts
which have rendered much of the Act virtually incomprehensible
and consequently inoperable.
It seems most desirable for the sake of traders, public and
local authorities, as well as for Inspectors trying to carry out
their duties in a state of confusion, that the situation should
be straightened out at an early date.
FACTORIES ACTS;1937 to 1959.
The total number of factories on the register at the end of
the year was 275 (239 mechanical, 19 non-mechanical and 17 works
of building construction).
Three hundred and ninety-two visits were made to these premises and work was carried out to remedy contraventions found
as under
| Particulars: | No. of cases in which defect found and remedied: |
|---|---|
| Want of cleanliness. | 1 |
| Insufficient sanitary conveniences | 1 |
| Unsuitable or defective sanitary conveniences. | 25 |
| Other offences, etc. | 23 |