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 Shoreditch]
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4.—Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | ||
---|---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | ||
(I) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades | 733 | ||
(a) Cabinet making 428 | (b) French Polishing | 76 | | |
(c) Upholstery 56 | (d) Other workers | 173 | |
(2) Dress | 178 | ||
(a) Tailoring 78 | (e) Shirt making | 4 | |
(b) Mantles 10 | (f) Boot & Shoe trades | 39 | |
(c) Dress 9 | (g) Artificial Flowers | 7 | |
(d) Millinery l5 | (h) Other workers | 16 | |
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 54 | ||
(a) Furriers 5 | (b) Saddlery & Harness | 24 | |
(c) Feathers 3 | (d) Other workers | 22 | |
(4) l'aper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 55 | ||
(a) Box & bag makers 36 | (b) Other workers | 19 | |
(o) Laundry and Washing | 26 | ||
(6) Food | 4 | ||
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 55 | ||
(8) Precious metals, jewels, &c | o | ||
(9 Other trades than those mentioned above | 66 | ||
Total number of workshops on Register | 1173 |
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in use at the end of the
year was 71, including 6 factory bakehouses.
5.—Other Matters.
Class. | Number. | |
---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | |
Matters notified to II.M. Inspector of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 133) | 3 | |
Action taken in matters referred by H. M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 37 (referring to 66 workshops) |
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | 10 (referring to 66 workshops) | |
Other | 1 | |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101): — | ||
Certificates granted during the year | Nil. | |
In use at the end of the year | 42 |