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PREMISES AND OCCUPATIONS CONTROLLED BY BYELAWS
OR REGULATIONS.
There are 570 known places in this district which call for periodical inspection as
follows :—
Houses let in Lodgings, Common Lodging Houses, Bakehouses, Slaughterhouses,
Cowsheds, Piggeries, Stables, Dairies and Milkshops, Offensive Trades, Laundries (nonfactory),
Workshops, Workplaces, Outworkers Premises and Ice Cream Vendors' Premises.
SCHOOLS.
During the year two new schools were opened—Marlborough Infant School and Heston
Junior School, both with accommodation for 400 children.
There are now twenty-two schools with thirty-four departments in the Borough, including
one Central School.
The influx of population continues to put a severe strain on the accommodation provided
in the schools. In ten departments the accommodation has to be supplemented by the use of
huts, and in seven further departments other types of temporary accommodation are being used.
SWIMMING BATHS AND POOLS.
The principal municipal bath at present is situated at Hounslow and this is provided with
an up-to-date filtration and chlorination plant, and is in every way satisfactory.
There is every prospect of the older Bath at Isleworth being shortly replaced by a new
and larger one. The Council having considered proposals for the erection of two covered
swimming baths with appurtenances on modern lines—one at Isleworth and the other at Heston
and the proposals are under consideration by the Ministry of Health.
The one privately owned Swimming Pool situated in the district is provided with a satisfactory
chlorinating, cleansing and aeration plant, which is kept in continuous operation for the
whole 24 hours during the summer season.
CANAL BOATS.
COPY OF REPORT FORWARDED TO THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH
DATED 23rd JUNE, 1937.
Canal Boats Acts, 1877 to 1884.
In accordance with Section 3 of the Canal Boats Act, 1884, I beg to present herewith the
Annual Report for the year ended 31st December, 1936, as to the execution of the Canal Boats
Acts, 1877, and 1884, and of the Regulations made thereunder, within the Borough of Heston and
Isleworth, Middlesex.
Inspectors Appointed under Canal Boats Acts, at 31st December, 1936:—
R. H. Butler (Chief Sanitary Inspector).
G. W. Ashworth (District Sanitary Inspector).
A. H. Cornhill (District Sanitary Inspector).
G. Latimer (District Sanitary Inspector).
K. J. Smith (District Sanitary Inspector).
No special remuneration is paid for the position.
Number of Inspections, etc. :—
Number of Inspections made ... 39
Number of Canal Boats inspected 31
Number of boats found in order 21
Number of boats with one infringement 10
Nature of Contraventions, etc. :—
Boats not conspicuously lettered and /or numbered 2
Certificates not produced 6
Boats used as dwellings and not registered 2
Legal Proceedings :—
No legal proceedings have been taken during the year.
Infectious Disease:—
One case of infectious disease was reported as occurring among the Canal Boat population
during the year.
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