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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
Islington 1903
Forty-eighth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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[1903
Registered Workshops.—At the end of the year there were on the " Register of Workshops,
Workplaces and Laundries, where females are employed," a total of 1,083 registered premises,
containing 1,850 workrooms. 186 workshops and laundries were added to the Register during
the year, while 172 were removed from it. In four large workshops, mechanical power has
been introduced to drive the machines, and the premises have thus become non-textile factories,
and the work of four hand laundries has been taken over by steam laundries. The removal
of the other workshops from the Register was due to the businesses being given up or transferred
to other premises.
The addresses of 127 workshops, which had not been previously visited by H.M. Inspector
of Factories for the district, or in which no abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act was
affixed, have been forwarded to the Home Office.
| Nature of Business. | Number of Workshops. | Number of Workrooms. |
|---|---|---|