Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1907
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The following is a list of the workshops on the register at the end of 1907:-
Trade. | No. of Workshops on Register. | No. of Workrooms. | Persons Employed. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | |||||
Adults. | Young Persons. | Adults. | Young Persons. | |||
Baker | 80 | 82 | 182 | 5 | — | — |
Billiard Table Maker | 1 | 1 | 10 | — | — | — |
Blindmaker | 2 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — |
Bootmaker | 65 | 66 | 131 | 17 | 3 | — |
Carpenter | 6 | 9 | 19 | 2 | — | — |
Coach Builder | 15 | 26 | 72 | 5 | — | — |
Coffin Maker | 2 | 2 | # 3 | — | — | — |
Cycle Maker | 17 | 17 | 29 | 8 | — | — |
Dressmaker | 129 | 151 | — | — | 389 | 136 |
Embroiderer | 4 | 9 | 5 | — | 127 | 1 |
Farrier and Smith | 13 | 13 | 38 | 5 | — | — |
Firewood Cutter | 7 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 5 | — |
Florist | 3 | 3 | — | — | 6 | 2 |
Ironmonger | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
Jeweller | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — |
Laundry | 34 | 82 | 4 | — | 193 | — |
Mason | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | — | — |
Milliner | 20 | 23 | — | — | 75 | 15 |
Musical Instrument Maker | 2 | 3 | 20 | — | — | — |
Photographer | 3 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
Picture Frame Maker | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | — |
Plumber | 4 | 5 | 12 | — | — | — |
Rag Sorter | 9 | 9 | 24 | 2 | 3 | — |
Saddler | 5 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — |
Sculptor | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Tailor | 42 | 59 | 70 | 7 | 68 | 19 |
Trunk and Hat-case Maker | 2 | 6 | 11 | — | 2 | 1 |
Underclothing Maker | 4 | 5 | — | — | 13 | 6 |
Upholsterer | 4 | 8 | 21 | 1 | 5 | — |
Other Trades | 39 | 51 | 103 | 12 | 63 | 13 |
Totals | 524 | 661 | 822 | 68 | 956 | 193 |
At the beginning of 1907 the number of workshops on
the register was 559. During the year the occupation of