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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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The industries are increasing, the chief being:—
| (1) Beer, etc., brewing. | (16) Motor Cars. |
| (2) Boat building and repairing. | (17) Fancy papers. |
| (3) Colours and dyes. | (18) Aeroplanes. |
| (4) Flour, etc., milling. | (19) Engineering works. |
| (5) Gravel quarrying. | (20) Disinfectants. |
| (6) Market Gardening. | (21) Laundries. |
| (7) Rubber Tyres, etc. | (22) Linoleum. |
| (8) Pewterware & Candle Machinery. | (23) Carbons, Stencils, Typewriter ribbons etc. |
| (9) Pharmaceutical Chemistry. | (24) Biscuit making. |
| (10) Soaps, powders and perfumes. | (25) Candle making. |
| (11) Sweets, confectionery. | (26) Cinema Screens. |
| (12) Wines. | (27) Pharmaceutical Manufacturing machinery. |
| (13) Sawmills and Joinery. | (28) Coach building and wheelwrights. |
| (14) Fire extinguishers, etc. | (29) Dyeing and cleaning. |
| (15) Wireless apparatus and accessories. Gramophones. | (30) Pre-cast concrete works. |
The district is rapidly developing in nearly all directions, the great majority of houses that
are going up being of the working class type, valued round about £600 to £700. Great use has been
made of the Small Dwellings Acquisition Act, and the Housing Act, particularly the former.
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