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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 1927
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1927
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The duties of sanitary authorities in relation to the sanitation
of factories are few, and are limited mainly to the enforcement
of suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation for
factory employees.
Seven new factory premises were added to the register
during the year, dealing with various trades, and 8 were removed.
During the year 101 preliminary and 4 Statutory notices
were served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, for
defects found on factory premises, for the most part relating
to defective or insufficient sanitary accommodation, all of which
were duly remedied.
| Trade. | No. of Workshops. | No. of Workrooms. | Persons Employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||||
| Adults. | Young Persons. | Adults. | Young Persons. | |||
| Baker | 22 | 31 | 35 | 1 | — | — |
| Blind maker | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — |
| Bootmaker | 36 | 36 | 56 | 1 | — | — |
| Carpenter | 4 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Coach builder | 7 | 12 | 26 | — | — | — |
| Cycle maker | 8 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Dressmaker | 24 | 28 | — | — | 52 | 8 |
| Embroiderer | 1 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Farrier & smith | 13 | 13 | 30 | — | — | _ |
| Firewood cutter | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | _ |
| Laundry | 4 | 16 | 3 | — | 15 | — |
| Mason | 4 | 5 | 7 | — | — | — |
| Milliner | 14 | 17 | 1 | — | 39 | 1 |
| Motor repairs | 15 | 15 | 45 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Musical instrument | 3 | 6 | 45 | 1 | — | — |
| Photographer | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — |
| Picture framer | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Rag sorter | 17 | 18 | 28 | 3 | 5 | — |
| Saddler | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Tailor | 35 | 46 | 54 | 3 | 60 | 1 |
| Upholsterer | 17 | 22 | 32 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Other trades | 117 | 130 | 286 | 33 | 95 | 15 |
| Totals | 355 | 430 | 684 | 52 | 292 | 31 |