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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
Heston and Isleworth 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number on Register. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| 54 | 63 | 5 | Nil. | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 267 | 142 | 1 | |
| 39 | 209 | ... | ||
| 41 | 31 | ... | ||
| Total | 401 | 445 | 6 | Nil. |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Jan. 1st. 1927. | Found during 1927. | Remedied during 1927. | Outstanding Dec. 31st, 1927. | Referved to H.M. Inspector | ||
| l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:-* Want of cleanliness | ||||||
| Want of ventilation | ||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||||
| Other nuisances | ... | 6 | 6 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation—† | ||||||
| Insufficient | 1 | 1 | 2 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Unsuitable or defective | 1 | 6 | 4 | 3 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Ofifences under the Factory and Workshop Act:— Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | ||||||
| Breach of special Sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Other offences:— Excluding offences relating to outwork | ||||||
| Total | 16 | 16 | 4 | Nil. | Nil. | |
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop Act,
1901, and remediable under the Public Health Acts.
†Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the
District Council, and the standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation
for persons employed in factories and workshops enforced is that required by the
Sanitary Accommodation Order of 4th February, 1903.