London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Willesden 1906

[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.
No. Inspected1435..1053863108100463Tailors172946
Want of Cleanliness65..391214187101Dressmakers..1515
Want of Ventilation..2..3....5..10Bootmakers31940
Overcrowding............11Blouse makers1313
Sanitary AccommodationInsufficient..3..1....2..6Cabinet Makers1..1
Unsuitable or Defective33..15567..40Seamstresses12122
Not Separate for Sexes..2..2....1..5Milliners2..2
Other Nuisances1028..541023..107Upholsterers44
Failure to affix Abstract23..10..112129Masons4..4
No. of Males employed10851..769..19725..Cycle Makers6..5
No. of Females employed146384..604662397774..Wearing Apparel Cleaners146
Total No. of Persons employed254435..6807523927499..
No. of Workshops discontinued......10..10315..Saddlers2..2
No. Re-visited..12..271512158..Printers3..3
Workroom used as Sleeping Room..............1..Metal Workers (Art)3..3
Workrooms Measured..12..121686..Builders Engineers Miscellaneous9 6 23.. .. 59 6 28
Total108100208