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Acton 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Acton]

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1920

Table: 4.—Registered Workshops.

4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the yearNumber.
(1)(2)
Important classes of workshops such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here.Laundries105
Dressmakers32
Millinery5
Tailoring9
Bakehouses25
Bootmakers26
Others57
Total Number of Workshops on Register259

Table: 5.—Other Matters.

5.—Other Matters.

Class.Number.
(1)(2)
Matters Notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factors and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901)
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 5, 1901):—
Notified by H.M. Inspector12
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector12
Other-
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year7

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Refuse Removed, etc.
Amount of house refuse collected 12,098 tons
Amount of slop, etc., removed 5,599 loads
Watering of roads 10,262 loads
Shingle, etc. 70 loads
Number of Houses Completed.
Containing Living Room, Parlour, Scullery and three
Bedrooms 84
Bungalows at North Acton, containing Living Room,
Parlour, Scullery, and three Bedrooms 76
Built by a Private Builder 8
Huts converted into D w ellings ellin 9
Houses in Course of Construction 124
The position with regard to the construction of the Northern
Relief Sewer is that the whole of the works have been commenced,
and approximately two-thirds of the entire length of the Sewer has
been completed. The work is still proceeding satisfactorily.