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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
Finsbury 1904
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1904 including annual report on factories and workshops
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The following Table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in factories in the Borough of Finsbury which are now on the factory register of this department:—
| Printers and Stationers | 79 | Distilleries, &c. | 4 |
| Engineers | 30 | Horse-hair, Feathers, &c. | 4 |
| Shirts, Skirts, Blouses, &c. | 16 | Engravers, &c. | 4 |
| Box-makers | 15 | Foundries | 4 |
| Book-binders | 13 | Joinery Mills, &c | 4 |
| Ivory, Wood, &c., Turners | 10 | Leather Goods | 4 |
| Stick Mounters and Makers | 10 | Paper Goods | 4 |
| Gilders and Platers | 8 | Pipe-makers and Mounters | 4 |
| Cigar and Cigarette Makers | 7 | Silk Weaving | 4 |
| Cycles and Motors | 7 | Cloth Shrinkers,&c. | 3 |
| Laundries & Collar Dressers | 7 | Coach and Van Builders | 3 |
| Cabinet-makers | 6 | Infants' Clothing, &c. | 3 |
| Glass Workers | 6 | Rubber Goods | 3 |
| Wire Workers, &c. | 6 | Surgical Instruments, &c. | 3 |
| Cocoa, Confectionery, &c. | 5 | Wheelwrights | 3 |
| Mantle-makers | 5 | Miscellaneous. | 82 |
| Pianoforte-makers | 5 | Total | 371 |
The difference between the above total (371) and the number of
factories on the register (354) is accounted for by the various
businesses carried on in the tenement factories.
I. Sanitary Condition of Workshops.
(a) Cleanliness.—Speaking generally, it may be said that the large
workshops, which are in the majority of cases situated in comparatively
new buildings, are kept in a clean condition. Many of these
have to do with the making of dress materials or wearing apparel,
and cleanliness is essential to success in such business. The same
cannot be said of a great number of the small workshops situated in