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Heston and Isleworth 1933
[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. | Number of | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number on Register. | Inspections | Written Notices. | Prosecutions | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 135 | 242 | 2 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 159 | 289 | 7 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 50 | 65 | 5 | |
| Outworkers | 35 | 55 | ||
| Total | 379 | 651 | 14 | Nil. |
DEFECTS FOUND IN FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.'
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Jan. 1st. 1933. | Found during 1933. | Remedied during 1933. | Outstanding Dec. 31st. 1933. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Nuisances under the Public Health Acts.— Want of cleanliness | 3 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Want of ventilation | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | ||
| Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Other nuisances | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | ||
| Sanitary accommodation— | ||||||
| Insufficient | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | Nil. | Nil. |
| Unsuitable or defective | 2 | 33 | 26 | 9 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Offences under the Factory and Workshop Act— Illegal occupation of underground bake house (s.101) | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 2 | 11 | 12 | 1 | ||
| Other offences:— Excluding offences relating to outwork | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Total | 10 | 65 | 56 | 19 | 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 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.
OUTWORK.
(a) 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 435 known places in this district which call for periodical inspection as follows :—
Houses let in Lodgings, Common Lodging Houses, Bakehouses, Slaughterhouses, Cowsheds,
Piggeries, Dairies and Milkshops, Offensive Trades, Laundries (non-factory), Workshops,
Workplaces, Outworkers' Premises and Ice Cream Vendors' Premises.
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