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Heston and Isleworth 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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Report on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.1
in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number on Register. (2) | Inspections. (3) | Written Notices. (4) | Prosecutions. (5) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 250 | 8 | Nil. | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 148 | 11 | ||
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 40 | |||
| Outworkers | 40 | ... | ||
| Total | 322 | 652 | Nil. | |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecution 7 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Jan. 1st. 1931. 2 | Found during 1931. 3 | Remedied during 1931. 4 | Outstanding Dec. 31st, 1931.5 | Referred to H.M. Inspector 6 | ||
| 2 | ... | Nil. | ||||
| Want of ventilation | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Overcrowding | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Want of drainage of floors | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Other nuisances | 18 | 21 | ||||
| Sanitary accommodation— Insufficient | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 32 | 32 | ||||
| Not separate for sexes | ... | ... | ... | |||
| ... | ... | ... | ... | |||
| Breach of special Sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 1 | 11 | 11 | 1 | ||
| Other offences:— Excluding offences relating to outwork | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Total | 14 | 70 | 10 | 1 | ||
*Including those specified in Sections 2, 3, 7 and 8, of the Factory and Workshop!
1901, and remediable under the Public Health Acts.
†Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by at
District Council, and the standard of sufficiency and suitability of sanitary accommodation
for persons employed in factories and workshops enforced is that required by to
Sanitary Accommodation Order of 4th February, 1903.