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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

Paddington 1920

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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appendix: factories, workshops and workplaces.

Table: TABLE XXVI.Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

TABLE XXVI.Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.

Manufacture, or business.19131920
No. of Premises.No. of Workers.No. of Premises.No. of Workers.
Clothing.
Boots99 (39)243 (55)117 (109)238 (109)
Corsets10 (1)15 (1)9 (6)11 (5)
Dress355 (33)2,456 (105)294 (97)1,047 (124)
Furs10487 (2)30 (2)
Mantles7 (2)23 (5)13 (10)15 (10)
Millinery44 (1)181 (1)38 (31)51 (81)
Millinery and Dress22 (2)185 (2)20 (4)50 (4)
Plain Needlework48 (34)105 (38)43 (32)59 (32)
Tailoring206 (102)708 (136)185 (172)290 (193)
Tailoring, Ladies'34 (10)189 (10)35 (27)74 (32)
Various12 (8)29 (8)23 (12)26 (12)
Fancy Work.
Embroidery, Art Needlework15 (12)58 (45)10 (9)20 (9)
Cleansing.
Dyers', Cleaners' Receiving Offices184613 (2)25 (2)
Laundries102 (8)920 (8)63 (2)480 (2)
Laundries, Receiving Offices28422636
Others.•
Blinds672714
Bookbinding, Printing2543626274
Carpentry, Joinery1429019170
Chaff Cutting1230913
Cycle, Motor Repairs69 .66894753
Engineering**17166
Farriery, General Smithy24762030
Flowers (Natural)161051454
Jewellery, Clock Repairs123510 (2)20 (2)
Metal Working2117031124
Trunks, Manufacture, Repairs11321011
Umbrellas7 (1)10 (1)6 (2)6 (2)
Undertaking11 (2)121 (1)8 (1)77 (1)
Upholstery58 (29)224 (33)60 (56)159 (56)
Wig and Hair Work19891415
Wood Chopping**2382
†Various106 (10)884 (17)133 (18)595 (18)
Totals1,421 (294)8,485 (466)1,397 (594)5,025 (647)

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Notes.—Figures in parentheses refer to "outworkers" and are included in total.
Not separately scheduled in 1913.
† Including—Saddlers, 9, employing 28 hands—in 1913.