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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
Battersea 1907
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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very extensive, and are mainly those connected with drainage
and the provision of proper and sufficient sanitary accommodation
for factory employees, under the provision of the
Public Health (London) Act. There is no statutory obligation
upon the sanitary authority to register factories, but for purposes
of convenience the undermentioned register of all factory
premises in the Borough is kept in the Department.
The following table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in factories in the Borough of Battersea, which are now on the factory register in the Health Department:—
| Trade. | Number of Factories on the Register | Persons Employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | ||||
| Adults | Young Persons | Adults | YoungPersons | ||
| Barge builder | 2 | 34 | 1 | — | — |
| Baker | 6 | 127 | 28 | 41 | 43 |
| Bootmaker | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | — |
| Builder | 5 | 75 | 9 | — | — |
| Butter blender | 3 | 58 | 31 | — | — |
| Carpenter | 2 | 29 | 3 | — | — |
| Chemical work | 3 | 121 | 10 | 14 | 13 |
| Chaff cutter | 6 | 115 | — | — | — |
| Cycle | 2 | 4 | 3 | — | — |
| Dyer | 2 | 39 | — | 22 | — |
| Engineer | 8 | 373 | 31 | — | — |
| Flour mill | 2 | 155 | 10 | — | — |
| Firewood | 4 | 36 | — | 28 | — |
| Founder | 4 | 87 | 6 | — | — |
| Lift maker | 2 | 79 | 18 | — | — |
| Mason | 11 | 85 | 4 | — | — |
| Mineral water | 3 | 39 | 1 | 17 | — |
| Printer | 14 | 88 | 17 | 3 | 4 |
| Steam Laundry | 30 | 150 | 22 | 738 | 137 |
| Other trades | 39 | 4,963 | 141 | 441 | 207 |
| Totals | 152 | 6,767 | 336 | 1,304 | 404 |