ABSTRACT
Report of Select Committee on Shops Early Closing Bill, British House of Commons, 1895.
Dr. Percy Kidd, physician in Brompton and London Hospitals: The most common effect I have noticed of the long hours is general
deterioration of health; very general symptoms which we medically attribute to over-action, and debility of the nervous system; that includes a great deal more than what is called nervous disease, such as indigestion, constipation, a general slackness, and a great many other indefinite symptoms.
