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 Wood Green]
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FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
The following is a list of the Workshops in the District, together with the number of persons employed at times of visits:—
Business. | No. in District | No. of persons employed. | Visits. |
---|---|---|---|
Laundries | 12 | 33 | 24 |
Dressmakers | 20 | 77 | 40 |
Tailors | 5 | 13 | 10 |
Bootmakers | 4 | 5 | 5 |
Milliners | 8 | 26 | 14 |
Blousemakers | 6 | 6 | 10 |
Picture Frame Make | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Powder Puff Maker | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Cricket Bat Maker | 1 | 7 | 2 |
Mantle Makers | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Sadlers | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Infant Shoe Maker | 1 | 17 | 2 |
Carriage Builder | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Brushmaker | 1 | 3 | 2 |
Dining Rooms | 13 | 20 | 27 |
Embroidery | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Total | 80 | 188 | 151 |
Bakehouses | 24 | 26 | 109 |
No. of Outworkers | 50 | — | 84 |
,, Domestic | |||
Workshops | 19 | — | 19 |
Notices have been served for nuisances, as below, during the the year:—
Overcrowding | 1 |
Cleansing | 12 |
W.C.'s requiring repair | 2 |
W.C. drain choked | 1 |
Floor requiring cleansing | 1 |
Total | 17 |