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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 1908
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1908
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The duties of Sanitary Authorities in relation to factories are
limited mainly to the enforcement of suitable and sufficient sanitary
accommodation for factory employees. The Factory Act contains
a sanitary code which is administered by the Factory Inspectors.
There is no statutory obligation upon the Sanitary Authority to
register factories, but for purposes of convenience the undermentioned
register of all factory premises is kept in the Public
Health Department.
The following table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in factories in the Borough of Battersea, which are now on the Factory Register in the Health Department:—
| TRADE. | Number of Factories on the Register. | Persons Employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | ||||
| Adults. | Young Persons. | Adults. | Young Persons. | ||
| Barge Builder | l | 10 | 3 | — | — |
| Baker | 6 | 115 | 33 | 37 | 34 |
| Bootmaker | 7 | 15 | 3 | — | — |
| Builder | 3 | 27 | — | — | — |
| Butter Blender | 3 | 33 | 53 | 2 | — |
| Carpenter | 4 | 39 | 5 | — | — |
| Chemical Works | 3 | 142 | 18 | 34 | 3 |
| Chaff Cutter | 5 | 88 | — | — | — |
| Cycle Maker | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — |
| Dyer | 2 | 37 | 2 | 33 | 5 |
| Engineer | 14 | 439 | 70 | — | — |
| Flour Mills | 2 | 182 | 8 | — | — |
| Firewood | 5 | 33 | 10 | 22 | 3 |
| Founder | 3 | 76 | 7 | — | — |
| Lift Maker | 2 | 93 | 22 | — | — |
| Mason | 8 | 176 | — | — | — |
| Mineral Water | 3 | 34 | 2 | 30 | 1 |
| Printer | 19 | 91 | 22 | 11 | 1 |
| Steam Laundry | 35 | 159 | 22 | 823 | 146 |
| Other Trades | 49 | 4,059 | 431 | 676 | 153 |
| Totals | 176 | 5,853 | 713 | 1,668 | 346 |