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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
Kensington 1903
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1903
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The net result was a decrease of 27 registered premises in the district of North Kensington,
and an increase of 14 in the district of South Kensington; High Street, Notting Hill, and Holland
Park Avenue constituting the dividing line. The decrease in North Kensington was attributed to
the removal of prosperous dressmakers to more fashionable localities, and of laundresses to suburbs
and other places with a view to better facilities for drying purposes.
At the end of the year, 971 places (comprising an aggregate of 1,974 rooms) were on the Register, viz.:-
| Workshops, etc. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total for Borough | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous | Total. | Dressmakers. | Laundries. | Miscellaneous. | Total. | ||
| No. on Register | 90 | 307 | 85 | 482 | 338 | 21 | 130 | 489 | 971 |
| No. of Rooms therein | 120 | 886 | 107 | 1,113 | 623 | 61 | 177 | 861 | 1,974 |
The businesses carried on at the registered premises are set out in the subjoined list:-
| Trade or Business. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Total in the Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art needlework | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Blind-maker | - | 2 | 2 |
| Blouse-maker | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Boot header | 1 | - | 1 |
| „ closer | 2 | - | 2 |
| „ maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cardboard box maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Corset maker | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Cracker maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dressmaker and ladies'tailor | 88 | 331 | 419 |
| Dyer and cleaner | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Eyelet hole finisher | 1 | - | 1 |
| Firewood manufacturer | 1 | - | 1 |
| Furrier | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Haberdashery specialities | 1 | - | 1 |
| Hair wash manufacturer | 1 | - | 1 |
| Hosier | - | 1 | 1 |
| Lace goods maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Lamp shade maker | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Laundries (workshop) | 249 | 21 | 270 |
| „ (factory) | 58 | - | 58 |
| Machinist | - | 1 | 1 |
| Mantle maker | - | 4 | 4 |
| Milliner | 3 | 25 | 28 |
| Outfitter | - | 3 | 3 |
| Photographer | 3 | 11 | 14 |
| Printer | - | 2 | 2 |
| Restaurant and dining room | 40 | 52 | 92 |
| Tailor | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| Typist | - | 4 | 4 |
| Upholsterer | 1 | 9 | 10 |
| Waistcoat maker | 2 | - | 2 |
| Wig maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Grand total | 482 | 489 | 971 |