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Paddington 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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workshop supervision.
TABLE 43.
Factories, Workshops, and Work-places. 1910.
| Business. | No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Employees. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. | Men. | Totals. | |||
| Boot-making | 145 (85) | 148 (85) | 6 (5) | 7 (7) | 204 (102) | 217 (114) |
| Corset-making | 7 (1) | 8 (1) | 16 (1) | - | - | 16 (1) |
| Dressmaking | 404 (60) | 732 (68) | 1,848 (161) | 337 (36) | 32 (2) | 2,217 (199) |
| Furriers | 9 | 16 | 19 | 3 | 11 | 33 |
| Mantle-making | 10 (5) | 15 (8) | 32 (7) | 1 | - | 33 (7) |
| Millinery | 39 (1) | 64 (1) | 237 (1) | 19 | - | 256 (1) |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 22 (2) | 63 (2) | 380 (3) | 52 | 4 | 436 (3) |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 45 (31) | 50 (31) | 165 (67) | 12 | - | 177 (67) |
| Tailoring | 189 (138) | 229 (147) | 197 (66) | 36 (31) | 318 (165) | 551 (262) |
| „Ladies' | 28 (9) | 43 (9) | 79 (9) | 10 | 30 | 119 (9) |
| Various | 15 (5) | 15 (5) | 27 (5) | - | 2 | 29 (5) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 11 (8) | 13 (9) | 51 (17) | 4 (1) | 6 (1) | 61 (18) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving Offices | 17 | 24 | 44 | - | - | 44 |
| Laundries | 118 (9) | 284 (9) | 905 (10) | 40 | 94 | 1,039 (10) |
| „ —Receiving Offices | 33 | 33 | 44 | - | - | 44 |
| Mangling | 18 (1) | 18 (2) | 18 (1) | - | - | 18 (1) |
| Blind-making | 7 | 12 | 7 | - | 22 | 29 |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 28 | 42 | 88 | 22 | 298 | 408 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 21 | 42 | - | - | 259 | 259 |
| Chaff-cutting | 17 | 21 | - | - | 58 | 58 |
| Coach Building | 15 | 29 | - | - | 89 | 89 |
| Cycle and Motor Works | 57 | 85 | - | 6 | 244 | 250 |
| Farriers and General Smiths | 26 | 30 | - | - | 81 | 81 |
| Florists | 12 | 18 | 50 | 9 | 5 | 64 |
| Jewellery and Clock-repairing | 12 | 16 | - | 1 | 45 | 46 |
| Metal-working | 20 | 33 | - | - | 87 | 87 |
| Saddlery | 11 | 13 | - | - | 27 | 27 |
| Sign and Ticket Writing | 7 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 32 |
| Trunk-making | 12 | 13 | - | - | 25 | 25 |
| Umbrella-making | 7 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 25 |
| Undertaking | 11 (2) | 18 (4) | 1 (1) | - | 50 | 51 (1) |
| Upholstery | 55 (24) | 87 (29) | 148 (40) | 20 (4) | 164 (5) | 332 (49) |
| Wig-making and Hair-work | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 25 |
| Various | 73 (4) | 106 (4) | 166 (6) | 47 | 549 (7) | 762 (13) |
| 1,508 (385) | 2,346 (414) | 4,555 (400) | 639 (78) | 2,746 (282) | 7,940 (760) | |
Women were employed in 925 workshops, including 161 where men and women were employed.
The total number of female workers therein was 5,182, including 627 young persons.
Women were employed at 375 outworkers' premises, including 36 where men and women were employed.
The total number of female workers employed therein was 467, including 67 young persons.