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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
Kensington 1905
Annual report on the health, sanitary condition, etc., etc., of the Royal Borough of Kensington for the year 1905
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In addition to work under the Factory and Worshops Act, the inspectors kept under observation
the public lavatories for women, three in number—at Talbot Road, Westbourne Grove, and Brompton
Road, respectively, and the lavatory accommodation provided for women at 11 railway stations
within the borough.
WORKSHOPS WHERE MEN ARE EMPLOYED.
Considerable improvement with regard to workshop inspection, generally, took place in 1902
consequent on the appointment of additional male inspectors, which permitted of men's workshops
being brought under supervision. Men's workshops (i.e. workshops conducted on the system of not
employing any woman, young person or child therein) are in a somewhat different position to those
where women are employed, inasmuch as (inter alia) the sections in Part I. of the Act relating to
temperature, thermometers, means of ventilation, drainage of floors, sanitary conveniences, etc., are
not applicable to them.
I have received from the Chief Sanitary Inspector the subjoined account of the adminis
tration of the Act in relation to men's workshops, in 1905.
"The businesses carried on at the workshops where men are employed, 756 in number, are set out in the subjoined list, compiled from the register, in which the trades are classified, columns being provided for the address, and the name, of the occupier, and a column for the " number of protected persons " employed at the date of inspection of the premises.
| Trade or Business. | North Kensington. | South Kensington. | Borough. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | 61 | 35 | 96 |
| Basket Maker | 8 | — | 8 |
| Blacksmith | 17 | 20 | 37 |
| Bootmaker | 71 | 39 | 110 |
| Builder | 54 | 48 | 102 |
| Cabinet-maker and Joiner | 23 | 20 | 43 |
| Carver and Gilder | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| Coach-builder | 31 | 8 | 39 |
| Cycle Maker | 9 | 11 | 20 |
| Firewood Manufacturer | 18 | — | 18 |
| French Polisher | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Marble Mason | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| Printer | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Saddler | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| Tailor | 44 | 18 | 62 |
| Trunk Maker | 6 | 6 | 12 |
| Umbrella Maker | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Undertaker | 7 | 4 | 11 |
| Upholsterer | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| Watchmaker | 20 | 20 | 40 |
| Wig Maker | — | 13 | 13 |
| Sundry businesses | 49 | 36 | 85 |
| Total | 449 | 307 | 756 |