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Heston and Isleworth 1962
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Heston and Isleworth]
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RAG FLOCK AND OTHER PILLING MATFRIALS ACT, 1951 This Act is designed to ensure
that filling materials used in upholstery, etc. comply with prescribed conditions of
cleanliness. Premises using filling materials have to be registered and premises where
rag flock is manufactured or stored have to be licensed. It is an offence to sell
articles containing unclean materials. Certain records have to be kept on registered
and licensed premises and authorised officers of a local authority have powers to
enter, inspect and take samples. Under this Act, one premises in the Borough is
registered and the Public Health Inspectors made 2 visits of inspection.
SWIMMING BATHS. Three swimming baths are provided by the Council.
The size andextent of usage of the three municipal baths are shown below:-
| Hounslow | Heston | Isleworth | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Area of bath | major | 75' x 30' | 100" x 48" | 100" x 48" |
| minor | 50" x 25" | - | - | |
| Capacity of bath (gallons) | major | 71,000 | 200,000 | 200,000 |
| minor | 36,000 | - | - | |
| Total number of persons using swimming bath in 1962 | 156, 809 | 235,498 | 164,390 | |
| Maximum number of persons using swimming bath on any one day | 892 | 1, 762 | 1,072 | |
| No. of private baths | male | 15 | - | 11 |
| female | 9 | - | 11 | |
| No. of persons using private baths during 1962 | 32,773 | 19,651 | ||
The baths waters are treated by continuous filtration and breakpoint chlorination.
While baths' staff do everything to maintain a ;safe* standard of bath water, bathers
could assist very materially by the observance of strict personal hygiene. During
the year 5 samples of baths water were taken and all were found to be satisfactory.
VERMINOUS PREMISES .AND ARTICLES, On request., two houses and their contents were
treated for verminous infestation.
VFRMINOUS PERSONS. No verminous person was cleansed under the provisions of
Section 85 of the Public Health Act, 1936. During the year 35 children in attendance
at schools in the Borough were found to be verminous and because of the failure of
parents to take necessary action 8 of these children had to be cleansed by the School
Health Department.
PFT ANIMALS ACT, 1951. This Act is designed to regulate the sale of pet animals
and the main provision is that no person shall keep a pet shop except under the authority
of a licence granted in accordance with the provisions of the Act. Under the provisions
of this Act 7 premises in the Borough have been licensed and 20 visits of
inspection were made during the year.
INSPECTION AND SUPERVISION OF FOOD
MILK. At the end of the year, there were 51 distributors registered under the
Milk and Dairies Regulations. During the year 49 inspections were made at dairies
and retail purveyors' premises
The Milk (Special Designation) (Special Areas) Order, 1951, came into operation
°n 1st October, 1951 This Order defined the County of Middlesex as an area in which
the use of a, special designation becomes obligatory for the purpose of all sales of
Blilk by retail for human consumption (other than a catering sale). The special designations
permitted are 'sterilised' , 'pasteurised* and 'tuberculin tested' .
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