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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
Lewisham 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 28.
Workshops (sec. 131) and Workplaces and Workrooms on the Register at the end of 1908.
| Class of Work | No. | Number of Rooms. | Number of Workers Allowed. | Number of Workers Found. | Part Time and Domestic. Workplaces. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Day. | Artificial Light | Overtime. | Men. | Women. | Young Persons | Number. | No. of Rooms. | |||
| Dress | 199 | 238 | 1560 | 1384 | 956 | 2 | 681 | 200 | 42 | 42 |
| Millinery | 46 | 52 | 279 | 269 | 167 | — | 117 | 49 | 5 | 5 |
| Laundry | 76 | 333 | 1092 | 1026 | 666 | 33 | 545 | 1 | 54 | 96 |
| Tailor | 43 | 46 | 199 | 187 | 126 | 82 | 19 | — | — | — |
| Boot | 70 | 71 | 251 | 233 | 157 | 103 | — | 11 | 68 | 68 |
| Joiner | 19 | 31 | 532 | 497 | 376 | 37 | — | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Smith | 26 | 29 | 339 | 311 | 239 | 59 | — | 8 | 6 | 6 |
| Furrier | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cycles | 14 | 19 | 127 | 110 | 84 | 27 | — | 5 | 13 | 13 |
| Coachbuilder | 7 | 16 | 197 | 186 | 142 | 25 | — | 3 | — | — |
| Cabinet and Upholsterer | 17 | 26 | 327 | 314 | 226 | 36 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Blindmaker | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — |
| Photographer and Picture-framer | 11 | 16 | 78 | 72 | 51 | 20 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 14 |
| Jeweller | 12 | 13 | 63 | 56 | 38 | 16 | — | 6 | 23 | 23 |
| Piano | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Saddler | 10 | 10 | 51 | 45 | 34 | 19 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Mason | 2 | 3 | 31 | 31 | 20 | 5 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Lathrender | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 5 | — | — | — | — |
| Various | 10 | 15 | 98 | 94 | 63 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 14 | — |
| Total | 50 | 928 | 5276 | 4863 | 3378505 | 1376 | 305 | 261 | 289 | |
Note :—Not including Bakehouses (98), Restaurants (54) and Stable-
yards, See. (49).
This figure includes 65 Outworkers.
Including 137 Home-workers.