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Heston and Isleworth 1905

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Reportonthe administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901,

in connection with

FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES & HOMEWORK.

i .—INSPECTION.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)408Nil.
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)30518
Workplaces6012
Homeworkers' Premises162
Total42140Nil.

2.—DEFECTS FOUND.

Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions
Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector.
Nuisances under the Public Health Acts:-
Want of cleanliness5555
Want of ventilation98
Overcrowding00
Want of drainage of floors55
Other nuisances3434
Sanitary accommodation—
Insufficient1717
Unsuitable or defective54
Not separate for sexes00
Offences under the Factory and Work
shop Act:—
Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101)00Nil.Nil.
Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100)00
Failure as regards lists of outworkers (s. 107)00
Giving out work to be done in premises which are—
Unwholesome (s.108)00
Infected (s.110)00
Allowing wearing apparel to be made in premises infected by scarlet fever or smallpox (s.109)00
Other offences00
Total125123Nil.Nil.