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Hampstead 1914

Report for the year 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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the duty of securing "suitable and sufficient accommodation in the
way of sanitary conveniences" for the persons of both sexes employed
in the Hampstead factories, workshops, and workplaces.
The following is a list of the different classes of factories in
Hampstead: —
Art Metal Workers 2
Bakers 4
Bootmakers 10
Builders 4
Butchers 7
Carpet Beaters 2
Coffee Roasters 5
Dairymen 2
Laundries 5
Motor Works 7
Printers 11
Other trades 17
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The number of inspections made was 198, and 6 notices were served.
Workshops.
At the end of 1914 there were 439 workshops on the register, of
which 28 were domestic workshops. Excluding the latter, there were
employed in the workshops 811 males and 824 females. Dressmaking
is a trade chiefly carried on in the Hampstead workshops, and next in
order of frequency come tailoring, bootmaking, baking and millinery.
During the year 816 inspections were made, 28 notices were served,
and one prosecution.