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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Heston and Isleworth 1914
[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, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 26 | 4 | Nil. |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 187 | 8 | |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 65 | 4 | |
| Total | 278 | 16 | Nil. |
| Particulars. | Number of Defects. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Found. | Remedied. | Referred to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Want of cleanliness | 27 | 25 | ||
| Want of ventilation | 5 | 5 | ||
| Overcrowding | 1 | 1 | ||
| Want of drainage of floors | 4 | 4 | ||
| Other nuisances | 14 | 16 | ||
| †Sanitary accommodation— | Nil. | Nil. | ||
| Insufficient | 3 | 6 | ||
| Unsuitable or defective | 12 | 16 | ||
| Not separate for sexes | ||||
| Illegal occupation of underground bakehouse (s.101) | ||||
| Breach of special sanitary requirements for bakehouses (ss. 97-100) | 1 | 1 | ||
| Other offences (excluding offences relating to outwork which are included in Part 3 of this report) | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 69 | 76 | Nil. | Nil. |
†Section 22 of the Public Health Acts Amendment Act, 1890, has been adopted by the
District Council, 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.