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 Hackney]
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Tailored clothes for males and females, i.e., suits, costumes, dresses
dressing gowns, blouses, shirts, pyjamas and underclothing generally ;
engineering and iron foundry work ; carboard and wood boxes ; printing ;
brushes and lead pencils ; leather goods ; embroidery ; paper ; scientific and
surgical instruments ; upholstery and upholstery trimmings and paints and
varnishes ; also there are several fur skin dressers and dyers and a number
of laundries.
Analysis of Occupations carried on in the Registered Workshops
of Hackney.
(a) Wearing Apparel.
Occupations.
No. of
Workshops.
Artificial Flower Makers 4
Blouses 1
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers or
Machinists 45
Children's Costumes 2
Corsets 3
Dressmakers 31
Dressing and Tea Gowns 1
Furriers 25
Hats 3
Mantles 15
No. of
Occupations. Workshops.
Millinery 25
Needlework 2
Tailoring 60
Ties 7
Trimmings 3
Underclothing 2
Vests 2
Miscellaneous 7
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(b) Other Occupations.
Bakers 23
Box Makers 7
Brush Makers 6
Cabinet Makers 53
Cycle Makers 2
Leather Goods 8
Laundries 6
Metal Work 4
Pianoforte Makers 8
Motor Repairs 16
Rubber Goods 1
Toy Makers 2
Upholsterers 23
Upholsterers' Trimmings 1
Wireless Goods 5
Woodwork 17
Miscellaneous 95
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The following tables show the inspections made and the defects
found and remedied in the factories and workshops in the
Borough : -
I.— INSPECTIONS.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 1,685 | 227 | — |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1,013 | 123 | — |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | — | — | — |
Total | 2,698 | 350 | — |