Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921
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3.—Registered Workshops. Workshops on Register (Section 131) at end of 1921:—:
Bakehouses | 34 |
Bootmakers | 29 |
Dressmakers | 20 |
Laundries | 5 |
Milliners | 12 |
Tailors | 44 |
Other Trades | 197 |
Total number of workshops | 341 |
4.—Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and
Workshop Act (Section 133) 30
Notified by H.M. Inspector —
Underground Bakehouses (Section 101), in
use at end of the year 26
Factories and Workshops. Factories. The following is a list of the factories on the register at the end of 1921:—
Trade. | Number of Factories on Register. | Males. | Females. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adults. | Young Persons. | Adults. | Young Persons | ||
Barge builder | 2 | 32 | |||
Baker | 43 | 277 | 22 | 25 | 24 |
Bootmaker | 12 | 21 | 3 | - | - |
Builder | 5 | 112 | - | - | - |
Butter blender | 1 | 48 | 24 | 11 | 10 |
Carpenter | 1 | 10 | - | - | - |
Chemical works | 4 | 179 | 19 | 37 | 12 |
Chaff & forage | 4 | 45 | - | - | - |
Cycle Maker | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
Dyer | 1 | 5 | - | 18 | 2 |
Engineer | 27 | 639 | 57 | 5 | - |
Flour mills | 2 | 198 | - | 29 | - |
Firewood cutter | 13 | 35 | - | 24 | - |
Foundry | 3 | 59 | 2 | - | - |
Lift maker | 2 | 17 | 4 | - | - |
Mason | 5 | 408 | 8 | - | - |
Mineral water | 2 | 25 | - | 18 | - |
Motor repairs | 16 | 325 | -- | 10 | - |
Printer | 18 | 82 | 22 | - | 4 |
Steam laundry | 17 | 72 | 12 | 468 | 74 |
Other trades | 87 | 4096 | 385 | 1360 | 425 |
Total | 268 | 6691 | 561 | 2012 | 551 |