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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
Tottenham 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tottenham]
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43
Survey of Industrial Health Services
in a Ward in the Borough
A report on a pilot survey of occupational health in an
industrial area of the Borough was presented in my Annual Report
for 1952. As an extension to the first report a survey has now
been completed in the Chestnuts Ward.
All registered factories therein were visited and inspected
after a preliminary explanatory letter had been sent out. Pull
co operation in all instances was given by the varying managerial
staffs and proprietors, making for full co operation in the task
of inspection.
A total of 66 factories came under this second survey: and
are listed as follows
| Type | No | Type | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 2 | Leather Belting Mfrs. | 1 |
| Battery (Wet) Charging and Repairs | 1 | Liquid Soap & Antiseptic Spray Mfrs | 1 |
| Battery (Dry) Mfrs. | 1 | Masons | |
| Builders Yards (Joinery) | 3 | Metal Crafts (Shopfitting, Aircrafts) | 1 |
| Button & Buckle Mfrs. | 1 | ||
| Cardboard Box Mfrs. | 1 | Metal Polishing | 1 |
| Chemists (Manufacturing | 1 | Optical Mfrs. | 1 |
| Clothing Mfrs. | 8 | Perfumery & Cosmetics Mfrs. | 1 |
| Electric Equipment Mfrs | 3 | Printer | 1 |
| Engineering, Light | 6 | Rubber Surgical Appliances Mfrs. | 1 |
| Pishing Tackle Mfrs | 1 | Sign Writers | 2 |
| Furniture and other woodwork Mfrs, | 7 | Slaughterhouses | 1 |
| Spraying & Enamelling | 1 | ||
| Foundry | 1 | Stationer (Mfrg,) | 1 |
| Garages (Service and Repairs) | 5 | Tiled Fireplace Mfrs. | 2 |
| Hospital Equipment Mfrs. | 1 | Timber Works & Joiners | 1 |
| Jewellery (Imitation) Mfrs, | 1 | Vulcanised Fibre Case Mfrs | 1 |
| Laundries | 3 |
Size of Factory
The above mentioned factories have been grouped in sizes
according to the number of workers actually employed. No account
has been taken of office staff.