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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
Kensington 1904
The annual report on the health, sanitary condition of the Royal Borough of Kensington, etc., etc., for the year 1904
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WORKSHOPS WHERE MEN ARE EMPLOYED.
Considerable improvement with regard to workshop inspection, generally, took place in 1902,
consequent on the appointment of additional male inspectors, which permitted of men's workshops
being brought under supervision. Men's workshops (i.e. workshops conducted on the system of not
employing any woman, young person or child therein) are in a sumewhat different position to those
where women are employed, inasmuch as (inter alia) the sections in Part I. of the Act relating to
temperature, thermometers, means of ventilation, drainage of floors, sanitary conveniences, etc., are
not applicable to them. Matters relating to ventilation of workshops where women are employed
come within the purview of the Council: those relating to temperature are subject to control by the
factory inspectors.
I have received from the Chief Sanitary Inspector the subjoined account of the administration
of the Act in relation to men's workshops, in 1904.
The businesses carried on at the workshops where men are employed, 752 in number, are set out in the subjoined list compiled from the register, in which the trades are classified, columns being provided for the address and the name of the occupier, and a column for the "Number of protected persons" employed at the date of inspection of the premises.
| Trade or Business. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 61 | 38 | 99 |
| Basket Maker | 7 | - | 7 |
| Blacksmith | 16 | 20 | 36 |
| Bootmaker | 70 | 39 | 109 |
| Builder | 54 | 53 | 107 |
| Cabinet-maker and Joiner | 21 | 20 | 41 |
| Carver and Gilder | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Coach-builder | 28 | 8 | 36 |
| Cycle Maker | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Firewood Manufacturer | 17 | — | 17 |
| French Polisher | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Marble Mason | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Printer | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Saddler | 6 | 10 | 16 |
| Tailor | 41 | 18 | 59 |
| Trunk Maker | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Umbrella Maker | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Undertaker | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Upholsterer | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Watchmaker | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Wig Maker | - | 12 | 12 |
| Sundry businesses | 50 | 25 | 85 |
| Grand Total | 438 | 314 | 752 |
The subjoined table dealing with persons of both sexes employed at workshops, &c., is
prescribed by the Local Government Board to be inserted in the annual report of the Medical
Officer of Health.