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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
Battersea 1902
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1903
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At the beginning of the year 1903, there were 454 workshops
on the register. During the year the occupation of
35 of these premises as workshops was discontinued, while
122 new workshops were registered, so that at the end of
the year the number on the register was 541, in which were
employed 2,284 persons, 998 males and 1,286 females.
The following is a list of the workshops on the register at the end of 1903. WORKSHOPS.
| Trade. | No. of Workshops on Register. | No. of Workrooms. | Persons employed. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males | Females | |||
| Bakers | 91 | 143 | 212 | – |
| Billiard Table Makers | 2 | 6 | 22 | – |
| Blindmakers | – | 6 | 16 | – |
| Bootmakers | 58 | 59 | 147 | 1 |
| Carpenters | 7 | 8 | 29 | – |
| Coach Builders | 14 | 24 | 90 | – |
| Coffin Makers | 3 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Crayon Makers | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Cycle Makers | 17 | 22 | 43 | – |
| Dressmakers | 116 | 131 | – | 513 |
| Embroiderers | 3 | 7 | 2 | 29 |
| Farriers | 8 | 8 | 26 | – |
| Firewood Cutters | 6 | 7 | 14 | 2 |
| Florists | 3 | 3 | – | 5 |
| Furniture Makers | 2 | 3 | 8 | – |
| Glaziers | 2 | 3 | 15 | – |
| Ironmongers | 3 | 3 | 8 | – |
| Jewellers | 4 | 4 | 9 | – |
| Laundries | 67 | 189 | 5 | 506 |
| Masons | 4 | 4 | 27 | – |
| Milliners | 32 | 33 | – | 93 |
| Musical Instrument Makers | 4 | 5 | 32 | 93 |
| Photographers | 3 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 4 | 4 | 11 | – |
| Plaster Modellers | 3 | 5 | 17 | – |
| Plumbers | 2 | 3 | 8 | – |
| Rag Sorters | 3 | 3 | 14 | – |
| Saddlers | 4 | 5 | 11 | – |
| Sculptors | 1 | 3 | 10 | – |
| Sugar Boilers | 3 | 3 | 13 | – |
| Tailors | 33 | 37 | 58 | 63 |
| Theatrical Costumiers | 2 | 3 | 22 | |
| Trunk and Hat-case Makers | 2 | 7 | 11 | 5 |
| Underclothing Makers | 5 | 5 | 27 | |
| Upholsterers | 5 | 9 | 25 | 14 |
| Other Trades | 19 | 26 | 83 | 20 |
| Totals | 541 | 791 | 998 | 1,286 |