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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 1905
Fiftieth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1905]
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INSPECTOR WEST'S REPORT.
Town Hall,
Upper Street, Islington, N.
February, 1906.
To A. E. Harris, Esq.,
Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,
The visits to the trades carried on in them were as follows :— 400 tailors, 456 shoemakers, 128 pianoforte makers, 41 cycle makers, 707 bakehouses, 467 restaurants, and 1,992 miscellaneous places of business.
| Trade. | No. | Trade. | No. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial florist | 1 | Dyers and cleaners | 2 |
| Automatic machine maker | 1 | Dining-table makers | 2 |
| Art metal worker | 1 | Enamellers | 1 |
| Bakers | 260 | Engineer | 1 |
| Bamboo workers | 3 | Egg sorter | 1 |
| Boot and shoe makers | 140 | Earriers | 28 |
| Builders | 6 | Fancy working | 1 |
| Blouse maker | 1 | Furriers | 5 |
| Brush makers | 2 | Fancy leather work | 1 |
| Bookbinder | 1 | Fish curing | 6 |
| Beer bottlers | 2 | File cutting | 1 |
| Birdcage maker | 1 | Gas stove maker | 1 |
| Confectioners | 11 | Gut scraping | 2 |
| Coach builders | 31 | Gas fitters | 1 |
| Carpenters | 13 | Gold beating | 1 |
| Cycle makers | 28 | Gold beaters' skin making . | 1 |
| Cork cutter | 1 | Harness makers | 4 |
| Coopers | 2 | Ink and gum maker | 1 |
| Camera maker | 1 | Ironmongers | 4 |
| Cardboard box maker | 1 | Instrument case maker | 1 |
| Card gilder | 1 | Invalid chair maker | 1 |
| Compass makers | 2 | Instrument makers | 2 |
| Cribbage board maker | 1 | Ironfounder | |
| Coach plater | 1 | Leather goods makers | |
| Cap maker | 1 | Lath renders | |
| Clock makers | 3 | Laundry machine makers | 4 |
| Dairy outfitters | 2 | Lamp cleaner | 1 |
| Dye sinkers | 2 | Leather case maker | 1 |