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 Willesden]
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Table No. 36.
Description of Defects, &c. | Factories Miscellaneous. | Factory Laundries. | Factories Domestic. | Workshop Laundries. | Domestic Laundries. | Dress-makers. | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Out-workers. | Total. | Description of Work or Occupation carried on by— | Miscellaneous Workshop. | Outworks. | Total. | |
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No. Inspected | 14 | 35 | .. | 105 | 38 | 63 | 108 | 100 | 463 | Tailors | 17 | 29 | 46 | |
Want of Cleanliness | 6 | 5 | .. | 39 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 7 | 101 | Dressmakers | .. | 15 | 15 | |
Want of Ventilation | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 10 | Bootmakers | 31 | 9 | 40 | |
Overcrowding | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | Blouse makers | 13 | 13 | |||
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | Cabinet Makers | 1 | .. | 1 |
Unsuitable or Defective | 3 | 3 | .. | 15 | 5 | 6 | 7 | .. | 40 | Seamstresses | 1 | 21 | 22 | |
Not Separate for Sexes | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | Milliners | 2 | .. | 2 | |
Other Nuisances | 10 | 28 | .. | 54 | 10 | 2 | 3 | .. | 107 | Upholsterers | 4 | 4 | ||
Failure to affix Abstract | 2 | 3 | .. | 10 | .. | 1 | 12 | 1 | 29 | Masons | 4 | .. | 4 | |
No. of Males employed | 108 | 51 | .. | 76 | 9 | .. | 197 | 25 | .. | Cycle Makers | 6 | .. | 5 | |
No. of Females employed | 146 | 384 | .. | 604 | 66 | 239 | 77 | 74 | .. | Wearing Apparel Cleaners | 1 | 4 | 6 | |
Total No. of Persons employed | 254 | 435 | .. | 680 | 75 | 239 | 274 | 99 | .. | |||||
No. of Workshops discontinued | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 10 | 3 | 15 | .. | Saddlers | 2 | .. | 2 | |
No. Re-visited | .. | 12 | .. | 27 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 8 | .. | Printers | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Workroom used as Sleeping Room | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | Metal Workers (Art) | 3 | .. | 3 | |
Workrooms Measured | .. | 12 | .. | 12 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | .. | Builders Engineers Miscellaneous | 9 6 23 | .. .. 5 | 9 6 28 | |
Total | 108 | 100 | 208 |