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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
Islington 1920
Sixty-fifth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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121 on the owners of workshops and workplaces, and 23 on the owners of
bakehouses and restaurant kitchens. In addition to these nuisances, 93 were
discovered on Outworkers' premises, necessitating the service of 43 notices.
Registers.—There were 1,818 workshops on the Register, as contrasted with
1,719 in 1919, while the total number of workrooms was 2,493, as contrasted
with 2,319 in the previous year. 212 workshops were added to the Register
while 113 were removed from it.
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:—
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1919. | 1920. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops on Register. | Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | Total number of Workshops on Register. | Total Number of Workrooms on Register. | ||||
| Workshops where Men are employed | 480 | 674 | 132 | 28 | 584 | 855 | |||
| Workshops where Women are employed | 634 | 925 | 50 | 75 | 609 | 900 | |||
| Laundries | 31 | 93 | Nil | 3 | 28 | 85 | |||
| Bakehouses | 237 | 246 | 4 | Nil | 241 | 253 | |||
| Restaurant Kitchens | 337 | 381 | 26 | 7 | 356 | 400 | |||
| Total | 1,719 | 2,319 | 212 | 113 | 1,818 | 2,493 | |||
| Outworkers' Premises | — | 2,341 | 946 | 529 | — | 2,758 | |||
Workshops notified to Home Office, 1920.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Employed Persons. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Male Young Persons. | Total. | ||
| Blouses | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Millinery | 5 | 11 | .. | 11 |
| Ties | 1 | 4 | .. | 4 |
| Furrier | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Tailoring | 4 | 8 | .. | 8 |
| Dressmaking | 18 | 79 | .. | 79 |
| Leather | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 |
| Embroidery | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Chemists (Manufacturing) | 3 | 21 | .. | 21 |
| Toys | 7 | 27 | .. | 27 |
| Paper Bags | 1 | 6 | .. | 6 |
| Waste Paper Sorting | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
| Photographers | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Artificial Flowers | 1 | 8 | .. | 8 |
| Cardboard Boxes | 1 | 10 | .. | 10 |
| Confectionery | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Total | 50 | 189 | .. | 189 |