Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1912
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Table XI.—Workshops.
Persons Employed.
Number of
Workshops
on Register.
Number of
Workrooms.
Trade.
Young
Persons.
Males.
Females.
Boot Makers and Repairers
56
56
112
...
...
...
Boat and Barge Builders
4
22
4
14
...
...
Bottle Washers
3
7
...
13
54
Builders
...
...
...
Buttonhole Makers
2
4
...
12
...
Basket Makers
3
3
13
...
17
21
...
Brushmakers
28
10
...
Blacksmiths
6
17
...
Cabinet Makers
1
...
2
2
7
1
...
...
Carmen, Stables
40
152
...
...
4
4
Carpenters
9
...
...
2
4
Collar Workers
...
23
...
Chair Makers
3
4
5
6
...
Coopers
4
17
81
...
...
3
Cork Cutters
3
6
...
...
Curriers
6
8
17
...
7
2
Cycle Makers
5
7
2
61
...
70
44
Dressmakers, etc.
178
5
2
Engineers and Smiths
6
6
12
...
6
7
22
Farriers
2
...
1
Fish Curers
1
20
...
...
Hairdressers
94
164
94
1
4
2
Harness and Strap Makers, etc.
9
9
23
...
Hop Warehouses
19
101
...
...
...
40
Laundries
69
5
209
...
27
275
34
Leather Work
37
...
Paper Bag Makers
1
1
4
...
...
Picture Frame Makers
4
10
33
50
...
7
5
Rag Sorters
3
3
10
22
...
Sack Makers
8
17
2
Slate and Stone Merchants
3
20
...
...
...
3
Tobacco Pipe Makers
5
13
4
...
Wheelwrights
8
33
...
...
...
Wood Choppers
22
33
57
18
181
...
Various
141
65
177
968
602
Totals
2,334
693
760
106
Table XI.—Workshops.
Trade. | Number of Workshops on Register. | Number of Workrooms. | Persons Employed. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Young Persons. | |||
Boot Makers and Repairers | 56 | 56 | 112 | ... | ... |
Boat and Barge Builders | 4 | ... | 22 | ... | ... |
Bottle Washers | 3 | 4 | 14 | 7 | ... |
Builders | 13 | ... | 54 | ... | ... |
Buttonhole Makers | 2 | 4 | ... | 12 | ... |
Basket Makers | 3 | 3 | 13 | ... | ... |
Brushmakers | 17 | 21 | 28 | 10 | ... |
Blacksmiths | 6 | ... | 17 | 1 | ... |
Cabinet Makers | 2 | 2 | 7 | 1 | ... |
Carmen, Stables | 40 | ... | 152 | ... | ... |
Carpenters | 4 | 4 | 9 | ... | ... |
Collar Workers | 2 | 4 | ... | 23 | ... |
Chair Makers | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ... |
Coopers | 17 | 4 | 81 | ... | ... |
Cork Cutters | 3 | 3 | 6 | ... | ... |
Curriers | 6 | 8 | 17 | ... | 2 |
Cycle Makers | 5 | 7 | 7 | ... | 2 |
Dressmakers, etc. | 61 | 70 | 44 | 178 | 5 |
Engineers and Smiths | 6 | 6 | 12 | ... | 2 |
Farriers | 7 | 6 | 22 | ... | 2 |
Fish Curers | 1 | 1 | 20 | ... | ... |
Hairdressers | 94 | 94 | 164 | 1 | 4 |
Harness and Strap Makers, etc. | 9 | 9 | 23 | ... | 2 |
Hop Warehouses | 19 | ... | 101 | ... | ... |
Laundries | 40 | 69 | 5 | 209 | ... |
Leather Work | 37 | 27 | 275 | 34 | ... |
Paper Bag Makers | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 4 |
Picture Frame Makers | 4 | 10 | 33 | 50 | ... |
Rag Sorters | 3 | 3 | 7 | 5 | ... |
Sack Makers | 8 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 2 |
Slate and Stone Merchants | 3 | ... | 20 | ... | ... |
Tobacco Pipe Makers | 3 | 5 | 13 | 4 | ... |
Wheelwrights | 8 | ... | 33 | ... | ... |
Wood Choppers | 22 | ... | 33 | 57 | 18 |
Various | 181 | 177 | 968 | 141 | 65 |
Totals | 693 | 602 | 2,334 | 760 | 106 |