London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Ilford 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Ilford]
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SECTION VI—FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
Factories.
There are 160 factories on the register, made up as follows:—
| Bakehouses | 17 | Metal Worker | 1 |
| Boot Makers and Repairers . | 26 | Motor Engineers | 10 |
| Builders, Joinery and Carpentry Works | 8 | Nautical Instrument Maker . | 1 |
| Optician | 1 | ||
| Cabinet Maker | 1 | Paint Manufacturer | 1 |
| Cable Works | 1 | Paper Mills | 1 |
| Carbon Works | 1 | Photographic Works | 1 |
| Cardboard Box Maker | 1 | Picture Moulders | 2 |
| Carriage Works | 2 | Plating and Enamelling | 1 |
| Chemical Works | 2 | Polish Manufacturer | 1 |
| Collar Works | 1 | Poultry Appliance Maker | 1 |
| Confectionery Maker | 1 | Printer's Engineer | 1 |
| Corset Maker | 1 | Printing Works | 9 |
| Cutlery and Tool Grinders . | 2 | Saw Mills | 4 |
| Cycle Repairers | 2 | Seed Sorting | 1 |
| Electricity Supply Works | 1 | Shirt Makers | 4 |
| Engineers | 10 | Sign Maker | 1 |
| Fancy Bag Maker | 1 | Tarpaulin Repairer | 1 |
| Fur Dyer | 1 | Tool Engineer | 1 |
| Gas Mantle Manufacturer | 1 | Toy Maker | 1 |
| Gear Cutting | 1 | Umbrella Repairers | 2 |
| Gilding Works | 1 | Vulcanising Works | 1 |
| Hardware Manufacturer | 1 | Watchmaker and Repairer . | 1 |
| Iron Cutting Works | 1 | Wearing Apparel Makers | 5 |
| Joinery Works | 1 | Wire and Cable Manufacturer | 1 |
| Laundries | 6 | Wireless Apparatus Makers . | 2 |
| Leather Worker | 1 | Woodcutter | 1 |
| Mattress Maker | 1 | Total | 160 |
| Meat Cutting | 9 | ||
| Mechanical Dentist | 1 |
Workshops.
There are 512 workshops on the register, made up as follows:—
| Artificial Flower Maker | 1 | Dyers and Cleaners | 7 |
| Art Pottery Worker | 1 | Electrical and Mechanical Engineers | 7 |
| Bakehouses | 16 | ||
| Basket Maker | 1 | Electric Battery Charging | 4 |
| Beet Boiler | 1 | Embroidery and Lace Workers | 18 |
| Bookbinder | 1 | Fancy Dressmakers | 2 |
| Boot Repairers | 40 | Feather Cleaner | 1 |
| Boot Makers and Shoe Sewers | 3 | Florists | 4 |
| Brush Workers | 5 | French Polishers | 4 |
| Builders and Carpenters | 38 | Furniture Repairers | 3 |
| Cabinet Makers | 3 | Furriers | 8 |
| Carpet Planning | 1 | Glass Cutters and Glaziers | 4 |
| Clergy Robes Maker | 1 | Glove Maker | 1 |
| Coach Builders | 2 | Grate and Furnace Makers | 2 |
| Confectioner | 1 | Hand Laundry | 1 |
| Dressmakers | 38 | Hairdresser | 1 |
| Dry Battery Worker | 1 | Harness Makers | 3 |