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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 1904
Forty-ninth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Borough of Islington
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| Trade. | No. | Trade. | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pianoforte string maker | 1 | Trunk makers | 5 |
| Patent food maker | 1 | Tea sifter | 1 |
| Pie makers | 1 | Tea merchant | 1 |
| Pipe mounter | 1 | Tin worker | 1 |
| Plumbers | 1 | Upholsterers | 4 |
| Provision dealer | 1 | Undertakers | 3 |
| Patent medicine makers | 1 | Ventilator making | 1 |
| Platers | 2 | Wheelwrights | 17 |
| Rag sorters | 3 | Woodchoppers | 5 |
| Scale makers | 2 | Thermometer makers | 2 |
| Saddlers | 2 | Musical string maker | 1 |
| Slate polisher | 1 | Writing-desk maker | 1 |
| Stonemasons | 2 | Wreath-case maker | 1 |
| Sundial maker | 1 | Waterproof maker | 1 |
| Smiths | 2 | Wood letter makers | 1 |
| Stick maker | 2 | Watchmakers | 4 |
| Shop fitters | 3 | Wire workers | 1 |
| Sign writers | 2 | Workbox making | 1 |
| Soap maker | 1 | Zinc workers | 5 |
| Skin dresser | 1 | Process engraver | 1 |
| Shirt maker | 1 | Hat makers | 2 |
| Tailors | 41 | ||
| Typefounder | 1 | ||
| Ticket writers | 2 | Total | 817 |
| Table maker | 1 |
Register.—During the year, 45 workshops, containing 87 workrooms, have been measured
and added to the Register, whilst 6 workshops, containing 12 workrooms, have been removed,
thus making a total of 1,238 workshops, containing 1,738 workrooms.
Sanitary Improvetments.—I have served 305 notices for the abatement of various nuisances.
460 workshops have been cleansed and limewhited. Thirteen w.c.'s have been provided at
various factories and workshops, whilst 334 other improvements were carried out under my
supervision.
I have reported through you to H.M. Inspector of Factories, as required by Section 27 of
the Public Health Act, 1891, the addresses of four workshops in the Borough where young
people under the age of 18 years were employed.
Outworkers.—In accordance with Section 107 of the Factories and Workshops Act, 1901,
I have during the year sent through you to the Medical Officers of Health of the Metropolitan
Boroughs, the names and addresses of 253 outworkers who reside in the various Boroughs of
London, and who work for tradespeople in Islington.
Bakehouses.—You will observe by the number of visits paid to the bakehouses during the
year, and since the great improvements carried out in many of them, they will need as much
attention as I can possibly give to keep them up to the standard in which they now are, as
some are inclined to be rather slovenly in not thoroughly sweeping out under the troughs or
finding receptacles for the coals; but I trust to overcome this difficulty and leave little or no
cause for complaint in this respect; otherwise, for cleanliness of ceilings and walls in the whole
of them, they have been very satisfactory.
I am, Sir,
Your obedient Servant,
GEORGE WEST,
Sanitary Inspector of Workshops.