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Islington 1909
Fifty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1909
INSPECTOR WEST'S REPORT.
Town Hall,
Upper Street, Islington, N.
4th April. 1910
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—I have pleasuie in heiewith submitting my repoit to you for the year ending the 1st
January, 1910, during such time I have made 4,292 visits to the various places of business (factories,
workshops and workplaces) on the register. I have made 1,846 inspections and 2,440 re-inspections.
The visits to the various trade premises were as follows:—
The visit to the various trade premises were as follows:—250 factories, 987 workshops, 198 work places, 290 bakehouses, 121 outworkers' premises, and 2,446 miscellaneous.
| No. of workshops. | No of workshops | ||
| Artificial florists | 2 | Fire escapc maker | 1 |
| Automatic machine maker | 1 | Fish dleaner | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 253 | File cutter | 1 |
| Builders, &c. | 9 | Fish curer | 1 |
| Blacksmiths | 6 | French polisher | 1 |
| Basket maker | 1 | Fur skin dyer | 1 |
| Blind makers | 2 | Fancy goods maker | 2 |
| Brush makers | 6 | Flour merchant | 1 |
| Bamboo cane workers | 4 | Gun makers | 2 |
| Balloon maker, &c. | 1 | Glazier, &c. | 1 |
| Brawn maker | 1 | Glove maker | 1 |
| Boot polish makers | 3 | Gold paint maker | 1 |
| Brace maker | 1 | Gilder (card edge) | 1 |
| Bust maker | 1 | Glass engraver | 1 |
| Confectioners | 7 | Glass worker | 1 |
| Cycle makers | 14 | Harness makers | 9 |
| Cabinet makers | 35 | Hat shapes makers | 4 |
| Coppersmith | 1 | Hair work | 1 |
| Camera bellows maker | 1 | Japanners | 1 |
| Cardboard box makers | 6 | Leather goods | 9 |
| Cap makers | 2 | Ladder makers, &c. | 2 |
| Clay pipe maker | 1 | Lath render | 1 |
| Cork cutter | 1 | Limelight works | 1 |
| Cattle food maker | 1 | Lamp makers | 2 |
| Coopers | 2 | Laundries | 2 |
| Cloth shrinkers | 1 | Marquetrie workers | 2 |
| Corset maker | 1 | Marking ink maker | 1 |
| Carpenters | 3 | Mineral water sundries | 1 |
| Coach painters | 2 | Marble masons | 3 |
| Dairy can maker | 1 | Metal workers | 2 |
| Dentist | 1 | Musical instrument maker | 1 |
| Engineers | 9 | Motor works | 11 |
| Exhibition stall fitter | 1 | Musical string makers , &c. | 2 |
| Embroiderers | 1 | Mantle makers | 3 |
| Farriers | 30 | Naturalist | 1 |
| Furriers | 49 | Optician | 1 |
| Fancy brooch maker | 1 | Organ builder | 1 |
| Feather dressers | 3 | Pianoforte makers | 39 |