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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 1933
[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 and Candle Machinery. | (23) | Carbons, Stencils, Typewritter 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, | (30) | Pre-cast concrete works. |
| Gramophones. | (31) | Motor Spirit Energiser. |
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 of the Housing Act, particularly the former.