Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report for the year 1903 of the Medical Officer of Health
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Trade or Business. | No. of Premises. | Workshops. | Domestic Workshops and Workplaces. | Number of Workrooms. | Number of Employees. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females | |||||
Artists' colour maker | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | ... |
Art metal workers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... |
Blind makers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
Boot makers | 85 | 41 | 44 | 52 | 95 | ... |
Builders and Carpenters | 19 | 12 | 7 | 12 | 17 | ... |
Cabinet makers and polishers | 8 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 1 |
Carriage builders | 11 | 10 | 1 | 20 | 37 | ... |
Corset makers | 3 | 3 | ... | 3 | ... | 6 |
Cycle makers and repairers | 10 | 8 | 2 | 12 | 23 | ... |
Dressmakers & ladies' tailors | 227 | 128 | 99 | 160 | 7 | 735 |
Dyers and cleaners | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | ... | 8 |
Embroiderers | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | ... | 9 |
Fibrous plaster works | 2 | 2 | ... | 5 | 19 | ... |
Harness makers | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 20 | ... |
Ironmongers | 12 | 12 | ... | 13 | 17 | ... |
Lace menders and cleaners | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 4 |
Laundries (Hand) | 53 | 15 | 38 | 41 | 2 | 88 |
Laundries (Steam) | 5 | 5 | ... | 15 | 29 | 244 |
Mantlemakers | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ... | 35 |
Milliners | 33 | 29 | 4 | 31 | ... | 100 |
Miscellaneous | 36 | 25 | 11 | 32 | 49 | 19 |
Monumental Masons | 4 | 4 | ... | 6 | 20 | ... |
Needlewomen | 10 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... |
Organ works | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 5 | ... |
Outfitters | 6 | 6 | ... | 25 | 10 | 203 |
Pianoforte key makers | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... |
Pianoforte makers | 3 | 3 | ... | 5 | 34 | ... |
Picture frame makers | 16 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 28 | 1 |
Smiths | 6 | 6 | ... | 7 | 14 | ... |
Stained glass workers | 3 | 3 | ... | 5 | 11 | ... |
Surgical instrument makers | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | ... |
Tailors | 44 | 21 | 23 | 28 | 41 | 31 |
Trunk makers | 2 | 2 | ... | 3 | 5 | ... |
Umbrella makers & repairers | 5 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
Upholsterers | 21 | 14 | 7 | 20 | 28 | 1 |
Watchmakers and Jewellers | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 20 | ... |
Total | 669 | 398 | 271 | 566 | 557 | 1492 |
Bakehouses.
At the end of 1903 there were 41 bakehouses on the Register,
27 being under and 14 over ground.
Above-ground Bakehouses.
These were regularly inspected during the year.
The inspections made and works carried out at these bakehouses
during the year are set forth in the following table:—