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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
Bermondsey 1904
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1904
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Table IX.—Workshops.
Trade.
No. of
Workshops
on Register.
No. of
Workrooms.
Persons Employed.
Young
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Brashmakers
-
17
25
11
21
Bottle Washers
2
12
7
4
-
Boot Makers and Repairers
34
63
1
36
-
Buttonhole Makers
4
5
6
3
-
Collar Workers
13
15
-
16
-
Chair Making
4
3
3
-
-
Cycle Makers
4
5
6
2
-
Curriers
2
4
7
-
-
Coopers
6
21
6
-
-
Cork Cutters
2
2
4
-
-
Carmen, Stables
5
6
68
-
-
Carpenters' Shops (builders)
9
9
19
-
-
Dressmakers, etc.
86
33
42
1
10
-
Engineers and Smiths
7
7
13
2
1
Farriers
3
11
3
-
Harness Makers and Strap Workers
Hairdressers
2
7
8
21
-
88
88
158
1
4
Leather Workers
9
9
34
5
-
Laundries
170
23
56
5
-
Mantle Makers
11
12
2
31
-
Paper Bag Makers
3
3
3
-
-
Picture Frame Makers
12
2
6
-
-
Rag Sorters
2
2
1
2
-
Sack Makers
4
4
3
4
2
Shirt and Blouse Makers
5
5
6
-
2
Shirt Makers
19
19
26
-
-
Tailors
10
10
17
26
-
Tobacco Pipe Makers
2
4
-
-
-
Tie Makers
9
9
23
-
-
Tin Workers
2
5
8
2
-
Underclothing
11
22
9
-
-
Undertakers
2
2
3
-
-
Wheelwrights
6
8
28
-
-
Waistcoat Work
8
4
4
-
-
Wood Choppers
9
9
10
2
17
Various
107
123
340
54
21
476
509
Totals
565
901
61
Table IX.—Workshops.
| Trade. | No. of Workshops on Register. | No. of Workrooms. | Persons Employed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | Young Persons. | |||
| Brashmakers | 17 | 21 | 25 | 11 | – |
| Bottle Washers | 2 | 4 | 12 | 7 | – |
| Boot Makers and Repairers | 34 | 36 | 63 | 1 | – |
| Buttonhole Makers | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | – |
| Collar Workers | 13 | 15 | – | 16 | – |
| Chair Making | 4 | 3 | 3 | – | – |
| Cycle Makers | 4 | 5 | 6 | – | 2 |
| Curriers | 2 | 4 | 7 | – | – |
| Coopers | 6 | 6 | 21 | – | – |
| Cork Cutters | 2 | 2 | 4 | – | – |
| Carmen, Stables | 5 | 6 | 68 | – | – |
| Carpenters' Shops (builders) | 9 | 9 | 19 | – | – |
| Dressmakers, etc. | 33 | 42 | 1 | 86 | 10 |
| Engineers and Smiths | 7 | 7 | 13 | – | 2 |
| Farriers | 3 | 3 | 11 | – | 1 |
| Harness Makers and Strap Workers Hairdressers | 7 | 8 | 21 | – | 2 |
| 88 | 88 | 158 | 1 | 4 | |
| Leather Workers | 9 | 9 | 34 | 5 | – |
| Laundries | 23 | 56 | 5 | 170 | – |
| Mantle Makers | 11 | 12 | 2 | 31 | – |
| Paper Bag Makers | 3 | 3 | – | 3 | – |
| Picture Frame Makers | 2 | 6 | 12 | – | – |
| Rag Sorters | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Sack Makers | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Shirt and Blouse Makers | 5 | 5 | – | 6 | – |
| Shirt Makers | 19 | 19 | – | 26 | – |
| Tailors | 10 | 10 | 17 | 26 | – |
| Tobacco Pipe Makers | 2 | 4 | – | – | – |
| Tie Makers | 9 | 9 | – | 23 | – |
| Tin Workers | 2 | 5 | 8 | 2 | – |
| Underclothing | 9 | 11 | – | 22 | – |
| Undertakers | 2 | 2 | 3 | – | – |
| Wheelwrights | 6 | 8 | 28 | – | – |
| Waistcoat Work | 4 | 4 | – | 8 | – |
| Wood Choppers | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 17 |
| Various | 107 | 123 | 340 | 54 | 21 |
| Totals | 476 | 565 | 901 | 509 | 61 |