Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the vital statistics and sanitary condition of the Borough of Lewisham and report of the Public Analyst for the year 1909
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Table 28.
Workshops (sec. 131) and Workplaces and Workrooms
Class of Work | Number of Rooms. | Number of Workers Allowed. | Number of Workers Found. | Part Time and Domestic. Workplaces. | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | Day | Artificial Light | Overtime. | Men. | Women. | Young Persons | Number. | No of Rooms. | ||
Dress | 212 | 245 | 1594 | 1424 | 975 | 2 | 675 | 238 | 69 | 69 |
Millinery | 47 | 56 | 320 | 307 | 185 | — | 139 | 58 | 48 | 73 |
Laundry | 69 | 313 | 1038 | 984 | 624 | 33 | 511 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
Tailor | 39 | 41 | 160 | 148 | 100 | 74 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 10 |
Boot | 67 | 68 | 235 | 217 | 148 | 99 | — | 9 | 100 | 100 |
Joiner | 19 | 31 | 532 | 497 | 376 | 41 | — | 5 | 8 | 8 |
Smith | 27 | 30 | 346 | 317 | 243 | 61 | — | 6 | 3 | 3 |
Dentist | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 9 | — | — | 1 | 1 |
Cycles | 15 | 20 | 133 | 116 | 87 | 25 | — | 4 | 16 | 16 |
Coachbuilder | 7 | 16 | 197 | 186 | 142 | 27 | — | 3 | — | — |
Cabinet and Upholsterer | 18 | 24 | 322 | 308 | 228 | 37 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 |
Blindmaker | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — |
Photographer and Picture-framer | 10 | 18 | 79 | 73 | 51 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 14 | |
Jeweller | 14 | 15 | 72 | 63 | 43 | 21 | — | 6 | 27 | 27 |
Piano | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — |
Saddler | 9 | 9 | 40 | 41 | 27 | 14 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Mason | 2 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 | — | — |
Lathrender | 2 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
Various | 15 | 21 | 189 | 183 | 119 | 22 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 |
Total | †577 | 918 | 5337 | 4938 | 3394 | 496 | 1343 | 355 | ‡321 | 346 |
* Note:—Not including Bakehouses (93), Restaurants (50) and Stable-yards, &c. (47). † This figure includes 42 Outworkers. ‡ Including 91 Homc-workerp. |