[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth] page 19

Heston and Isleworth 1946

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]

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Table: The following details of the salvage of waste materials have been provided by the Borough Engineer:—

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The following details of the salvage of waste materials have been provided by the Borough Engineer:—

	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946
Paper {tons)	665	832	1,212	986	770	619	709
Scrap metal (tons)	549	245	416	575	55	24	28
Textiles (tons)	57	65	65	67	69	67	65
Bones (tons)	16	22	34	24	20	12	8
Bottles, jars (tons)	*9	86	256	338	233	167	251
Cullet (tons)	1	—	19	61	42	6	17
Rubber (tons)	†1	—	33	36	29	—	1
Kitchen waste (tons)	—	225	855	940	1,037	1,083	1,173
Miscellaneous (old boots, gramophone records, etc.) (tons)	—	1	13	4	14	—	60
Value	£6,130	£5,417	£11,178	£11,516	£9,721	£8,231	£11,405

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* Plus 5,813 doz. bottles and jars
† Plus 5 doz. old tyres.
‡ Plus 105 gross razor blades.

Table: Some particulars of the work done are given below—

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Some particulars of the work done are given below—

	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946
Complaints received	764	722	880	1,155	1,755	1,050	1,228	1,780
Number of premises at which nuisances, etc., were located	597	477	385	572	799	487	774	1,464
Number of premises where defects were remedied:—
(a) by owners or occupiers	543	367	364	499	569	328	723	1,308
(b) by Council in default	—	—	—	2	—	9	4	6
(c) public sewers repaired by Council	17	40	39	7	26	4	14	26
Informal notices issued	622	487	367	471	710	463	671	1,101
Written reminders issued	1,027	600	298	557	669	314	330	705
Statutory notices served	96	46	27	45	108	51	146	218
Total number of inspections and re-inspections	24,206	15,711	10,903	15,016	24,599	17,364	16,167	23,804
Inspections of piggeries	53	24	1	9	42	32	37	79
Inspections of stables	215	71	—	29	197	53	64	127
Inspections of urinals	24	2	10	10	11	12	20	38
Inspections (Rag Flock Act)	17	3	—	—	—	—	—	1
Sinks repaired or renewed	64	31	36	43	32	47	29	52
Roofs repaired	274	123	145	238	174	210	187	357
Gutters repaired or renewed	216	99	92	108	95	155	134	268
Number of premises provided with damp-proof course	78	33	27	9	5	8	—	2
Yards paved or drained	86	31	36	22	12	35	13	21
Floors, walls, etc., repaired or renewed	1,003	464	424	518	627	545	617	998
Windows repaired or renewed	954	359	385	463	289	296	234	454
Doors repaired or renewed	193	69	68	201	82	97	50	103
Grates provided or repaired	202	107	113	196	95	207	116	181
Wash coppers provided or repaired	49	25	24	23	10	14	2	12
Larders provided or repaired	86	46	42	12	11	27	5	18
Offensive accumulations removed	44	26	32	18	42	15	30	51
Other nuisances abated	187	133	35	144	80	46	81	187
Visits re infectious disease, etc.	561	472	415	1,072	1,289	658	659	851

Table: The following smoke observations have been made:—

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The following smoke observations have been made:—

1939	255	1943	23
1940	158	1944	7
1941	25	1945	11
1942	7	1946	29

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In addition to these observations, many visits have been made to premises which have been the subject
•of smoke nuisance complaint.
TENTS, VANS AND SHEDS.—Many visits have been made in regard to the occupation of
'and by and the sanitary condition of tents, caravans, etc. In one area of the Borough frequent
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Heston and Isleworth 1946

Table: The following details of the salvage of waste materials have been provided by the Borough Engineer:—

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Table: Some particulars of the work done are given below—

Table: The following smoke observations have been made:—

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