Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]
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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.
Twenty-three new factory premises were added to the register
during the year, dealing with various trades, and 21 were removed.
During the year 56 preliminary and 11 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 | 2 | - | - |
Blind maker | 2 | 3 | 8 | _ | — | — |
Bootmaker | 30 | 30 | 47 | — | — | — |
Carpenter | 7 | 8 | 14 | — | — | — |
Coach builder | 7 | 6 | 24 | 2 | — | — |
Cycle maker | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | — |
Dressmaker | 21 | 23 | — | — | 58 | 7 |
Embroiderer | 1 | 2 | — | — | 11 | — |
Farrier & smith | 12 | 12 | 23 | 2 | — | — |
Firewood cutter | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
Laundry | 5 | 9 | 4 | — | 17 | — |
Mason | 3 | 3 | 7 | 1 | -— | — |
Milliner | 7 | 7 | — | — | 17 | 9 |
Motor repairs | 15 | 16 | 40 | 3 | — | — |
Musical instru-ment | 4 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 2 | - |
Photographer | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
Picture framer | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — |
Rag sorter | 20 | 21 | 41 | — | 12 | — |
Saddler | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
Tailor | 40 | 51 | 58 | 11 | 50 | 5 |
Upholsterer | 15 | 23 | 43 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
Other trades | 87 | 98 | 245 | 33 | 56 | 46 |
Totals | 315 | 371 | 641 | 70 | 237 | 70 |