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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
Islington 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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195
[1914
Factories. There were on the register at the end of the year 224 factories employing
women, 16 having been added during that period, and 2 removed.
The following is a list of the factories (including steam laundries) on the register :—
| Industry. | Number | Number of women employed. |
|---|---|---|
| Laundry work | 46 | 1,784 |
| Printing | 18 | 187 |
| Box-making | 14 | 484 |
| Book-binding | 10 | 222 |
| Confectionery | 10 | 422 |
| Blouse making | 11 | 300 |
| Dressmaking | 12 | 520 |
| Dyeing and cleaning | 5 | 59 |
| Toy-making | 6 | 302 |
| Chemists sundries making | 4 | 202 |
| Electrical engineering | 4 | 137 |
| Meat preserving | 5 | 124 |
| Packing | 4 | 14 |
| Brush making | 4 | 263 |
| Furrier | 3 | 46 |
| Mantles | 3 | 180 |
| Millinery | 3 | 502 |
| Bottling | 2 | 80 |
| Cigarette making | 2 | 41 |
| French polishing | 2 | 26 |
| Mattress making | 2 | 17 |
| Mineral waters, making | 2 | 33 |
| Photo mount making | 2 | 30 |
| Apron making | 1 | 36 |
| Blind making | 1 | 7 |
| Boot upper making | 1 | 13 |
| Bottle washing | 1 | 16 |
| Button making | 1 | 30 |
| Cabinet making | 1 | 100 |
| Camera making | 1 | 4 |
| Capsule making | 1 | 280 |
| Children's frock making | 1 | 20 |
| Collar and cuff making | 1 | 6 |
| Corset making | 1 | 7 |
| Cotton wool pressing | 1 | 8 |
| Electric lamp making | 1 | 40 |
| Embroidery | 1 | 10 |
| Engineering | 1 | 50 |
| Fancy leather goods making | 1 | 25 |
| Food preparing | 1 | 34 |
| Glass letter making | 1 | 1 |
| Glass work | 1 | 0 |
| Juvenile outfitting | 1 | 40 |
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