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Heston and Isleworth 1932
[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.
Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number on Register. (2) | Inspections (3) | Written Notices. (4) | Prosecutions (5) | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 138 | 370 | 11 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 156 | 469 | 4 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 48 | 87 | 5 | |
| Outworkers | 35 | 111 | .. | |
| Total | 377 | 1037 | 20 | Nil. |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
| Particulars. 1 | Number of Defects. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Jan. 1st. 1932. 2 | Found during 1932. 3 | Remedied during 1932. 4 | Outstanding Dec. 31st. 1932. 5 | Referred to H.M. Inspector. 6 | Number of Prosecutions. 7 | |
| 2 | 9 | 8 | 3 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Want of ventilation | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other nuisances | 7 | 27 | 32 | 2 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation—† Insufficient | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 3 | 20 | 21 | 2 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 1 | 17 | 16 | 2 | ||
| Other offences:— Excluding offences relating to outwork. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 14 | 75 | 79 | 10 | 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 Corporation, and the
standard of suffciency 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.
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