London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Factory - business | North Kensington | South Kensington | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. | |
| Bakers and Confectioners | 6 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Belt and Button Manufacturers | 4 | — | — | 1 |
| Builders and Decorators | 9 | 3 | 11 | 12 |
| Carton Making and Salvage | 1 | 2 | - | — |
| Coffee Grinding and Roasting | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Dental Mechanics | 1 | — | 2 | |
| Disinfectants | 1 | — | _ | — |
| Display Works and Signwriting | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Doll and Toy Manufacturers | 8 | 4 | 3 | - |
| Dressmaking | 11 | - | 31 | 13 |
| Drug Manufacturers | - | 1 | - | - |
| Dyers and Cleaners | 8 | - | 12 | - |
| Electro-Platers | 1 | _ | — | — |
| Engineering (Elec.) | 8 | - | 3 | 3 |
| Engineering (Mech.) | 29 | - | 10 | - |
| Electrical Generating Stations | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Film Editing and Slide Making | - | - | - | |
| Furriers | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 |
| Gas Works | 1 | _ | — | |
| Glass Cutting and Polishing | 3 | - | 4 | |
| Handbags and Shopping Bags | 2 | - | ||
| Ice Cream Manufacture | 1 | - | - | - |
| Jewellers and Watchmakers | 5 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Lamp Shade Manufacturers | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Laundries | 18 | 6 | — | |
| Leather Goods | 2 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Metal Merchants | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Milliners | - | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Motor Car Accessories | 4 | 2 | _ | - |
| M.V.R. And Garages | 34 | - | 79 | 6 |
| Musical Instruments | - | - | 1 | • |
| Needle Grinding | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Novelty Goods | 1 | - | - | - |
| Office Equipment | 1 | - | - | - |
| Oil Blenders and Packers | 2 | — | _ | 1 |
| Paint Makers and Storers | 2 | 1 | _ | — |
| Photographers | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 |
| Plastics | 3 | 2 | 1 | - |
| Printers and Bookbinders | 14 | 1 | 6 | |
| Radio and Television Repairs | 4 | - | 7 | 1 |
| Records | 1 | — | - | - |
| Rubber Goods Manufacturers | 1 | — | — | |
| Rag Merchant | - | 1 | • | — |
| Sausage Makers | 13 | - | 6 | |
| Scientific & Hospital Instruments | 3 | - | 3 | - |
| Shoe Makers and Repairers | 10 | — | 10 | 1 |
| Silk Screen Printing and Spraying | 3 | - | 1 | |
| Starch and Soda Manufacturers | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Soft Furnishings and Upholstery | 11 | 3 | 17 | 12 |
| Stone Masons | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Sweet Making and Packing | - | 1 | - | - |
| Spray Painting | 1 | - | - | - |
| Tailoring | 7 | 3 | 17 | 14 |
| Undertakers | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Wax Workers | 1 | _ | • | «. |
| Weaving | - | - | 1 | - |
| Woodworkers (Joiners, etc.) | 14 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Wheelwrights | 1 | - | - | - |
| Miscellaneous Factories | 6 | 1 | 6 | 8 |
| TOTALS | 281 | 45 | 297 | 105 |