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Heston and Isleworth 1937
[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
Including Inspection made by Sanitary Inspectors.
| Premises. | Number on Register. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 184 | 201 | 13 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 160 | 93 | 4 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 77 | 56 | 5 | |
| Outworkers | 65 | 20 | ||
| Total | 486 | 370 | 22 | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Outstanding Jan. 1st, 1937. | Found during 1937. | Remedied during 1937. | Outstanding Dec. 31st. 1937. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | Number of Prosecutions. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Want of cleanliness | 1 | 10 | 11 | |||
| Want of ventilation | ||||||
| Overcrowding | ||||||
| Want of drainage of floors | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Other nuisances | 3 | 27 | 4 | |||
| Sanitary accommodation—† Insufficient | 3 | 3 | 4 | Nil. | Nil. | |
| Unsuitable or defective | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||
| Not separate for sexes | ||||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s. 101) | ||||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 1 | 8 | 9 | |||
| Other offences : — Excluding offences relating to outwork | ||||||
| Total | 14 | 61 | 67 | 8 | 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.
| (a) Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108 | Nil. |
| (b) Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109-110 | Nil |