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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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Dressmakers' workshops form the most numerous class
followed by bakers, laundries, bootmakers, tailors and
milliners in the order given, but, with few exceptions, the
number of persons employed in any particular dressmaker's
workshop is not large.
Section 133 of the Act provides that "When any woman,
young person, or child is employed in a workshop in which
no abstract of this Act is affixed as by this Act required, and
the Medical Officer of Health of the District Council becomes
aware thereof, he shall forthwith give written notice thereof
to the inspector for the district." This section is important,
as it provides the procedure by which most workshops become
known to the factory inspectors, who, upon receiving the
notices, enter the workshops in the Home Office register and
send an abstract of the Act to each occupier.
Workshops notified to H.M. Inspector during 1903 in PURSUANCE OF SECTION 133 OF THE FACTORY AND Workshop Act, 1901.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women | Young Persons | Children. | Total | ||
| Carpenters | 1 | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| Clog Makers | 1 | – | 4 | – | 4 |
| Coach Builders | 2 | – | 2 | – | 2 |
| Cycle Makers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Dressmakers | 35 | 99 | 4 | – | 103 |
| Farriers | 3 | – | 5 | – | 5 |
| Florists | 3 | 2 | 2 | – | 4 |
| Laundries | 7 | 34 | – | – | 34 |
| Milliners | 4 | 11 | – | – | 11 |
| Mineral Water Manufacturers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Photographers | 2 | 4 | – | – | 4 |
| Scientific Instrument Makers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Sculptors | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Sugar Boilers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Tailors | 6 | 11 | 3 | – | 14 |
| Theatrical Costumiers | 1 | 20 | – | – | 20 |
| Ticket Writers | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 |
| Toy Makers | 2 | 7 | – | – | 7 |
| Underclothing Makers | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 |
| Wig Makers | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 |
| Totals | 76 | 192 | 31 | 223 | |