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Heston and Isleworth 1930
[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,
in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND
WORKPLACES.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number on Register. | Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | ||||
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 88 | 8 | Nil. | |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 144 | 195 | 13 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 38 | 25 | ||
| Outworkers | 36 | 32 | ... | |
| Total | 306 | 369 | 28 | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Out-standing Jan. 1st. 1930. | Found during 1930. | Remedied during 1930. | Outstanding Dec. 31st, 1930. | Referred to H.M. Inspector | ||
| 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Want of cleanliness | 6 | 11 | 15 | 2 | ||
| Want of ventilation | ||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||
| Want of drainage of floors | ||||||
| Other nuisances | 4 | 18 | 15 | 7 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation—† | ||||||
| Insufficient | 5 | 3 | 7 | 1 | Nil | Nil. |
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 3 | ||||
| Not separate for sexes | 1 | 1 | ||||
| 1 fences under the Factory and Workshop Act: — | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | ||||||
| Breach of special Sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 14 | 13 | 1 | |||
| Other offences:— | ||||||
| Excluding offences relating to outwork | ||||||
| Total | 19 | 67 | 72 | 14 | 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.