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) | |||
(1) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades | 716 | |||
(a) Cabinet making | 425 | (b) French Polishing | 78 | |
(c) Upholstery | 59 | (d) Other workers | 154 | |
(2) Dress | 174 | |||
(a) Tailoring | 79 | (e) Shirt making | 6 | |
(b) Mantles | 11 | (f) Boot & Shoe trades | 37 | |
(c) Dress | 8 | (g) Artificial Flowers | 6 | |
(d) Millinery | 13 | (h) Other workers. | 14 | |
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 52 | |||
(a) Furriers | 8 | (b) Saddlery & Harness | 22 | |
(c) Feathers | 3 | (d) Other workers | 19 | |
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 51 | |||
(a) Box & bag maker | s 33 | (b) Other workers | 18 | |
(5) Laundry and Washing | 27 | |||
(6) Food | 3 | |||
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 52 | |||
(8) Precious metals, jewels, &c. | 2 | |||
(9) Other trades than those mentioned above | 59 | |||
Total number of workshops on Register | 1136 |
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in use at the end of the
year was 70, including 5 factory bakehouses.
5.—Other Matters.
Class. | Number. | |
---|---|---|
(1) | (2) | |
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 133) | Nil. | |
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 | 29 ( referring to 52 workshops & 25 factories. ) |
- Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | 9 (referring to 52 workshops 25 factories. ) | |
Other | 2 | |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
Certificate granted during the year | Nil. | |
In use at the end of the year | 40 |
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