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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

Bermondsey 1913

Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1913

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Hairdressers and Barbers.
At the end of 1913 eleven barbers were in possession of certificates.
IV.—FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
In Table X. of the Appendix will be found particulars of the
inspections of factories and workshops, and in the following table
particulars regarding the trades and persons employed in connection
with workshops. There were 322 workshops on the Register
in 1913. Including bakehouses, of which there were 74 in use, the
total is 396.
OUTWORKERS.
There were 584 outworkers on the Register at the end of 1913.
96 lists were sent in by firms in this Borough employing outworkers.
Table X. of the Appendix shows the various trades followed by
outworkers in this district.