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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 1929

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

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38
OUTWORK.
(а) Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108 Nil.
(b) Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109-110 Nil.
PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED BY BYE LAWS
OR REGULATIONS.
There are 309 known places in this district which call for
periodical inspection as follows:—
Houses let in Lodgings, Common Lodging Houses, Bakehouses,
Slaughterhouses, Cowsheds, Dairies and Milkshops,
Offensive trades, Laundries (non-factory), Workshops, Workplaces
and Outworkers' premises.
SCHOOLS.
In this district there are 13 public elementary schools and
one Central school; 3 are modern buildings, the remainder being
for the most part old and lacking in up-to-date hygienic conditions.