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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

Finsbury 1909

Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops

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112
CUSTOMS AND INLAND REVENUE ACTS—No applications
for certificates exempting from Inhabited House Duty
were received during the year.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.

Table: The number of workshops and workplaces on the Register at the end of the year was 2,039, made up as follows:—

The number of workshops and workplaces on the Register at the end of the year was 2,039, made up as follows:—

Clocks and Watches112
Jewellery112
Cabinet Making and Polishing76
Tailors and Clothiers66
Engraving, Embossing and Chasing64
Leather Goods51
Gold and Silver Smiths49
Building Trades and Material45
Underclothing, Shirts, Skirts, & Blouses45
Provisions, Grocery, Bacon and Food Preparation44
Fancy Goods and Toys42
Millinery41
Furriers and Skin Dressers40
Hats and Caps39
Others1,213
Total2,039

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The other workshops, not mentioned in detail, are with changes
more or less as they were last year.
The numbers for previous years were 1900, 1,266; 1901, 1,356;
1902, 1,374; 1903, 1,651; 1904, 1,745; 1905, 1,859; 1906, 1,843;
1907, 1,923; 1908, 2,059.
A register of Factories is kept in the Public Health Department.
This register, though not a statutory requirement, has proved
extremely useful.