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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
Hampstead 1920
Report for the year 1920 of the Medical Officer of Health
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4.—Registered Workshops.
| Bakers | 17 |
| Bootmakers | 32 |
| Dressmakers and ladies' tailors | 68 |
| Tailors | 41 |
| Upholsterers | 20 |
| Other trades | 183 |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 361 |
5.— Other Matters.
| Class. (1) | ||
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133) | 41 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 5 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 5 | |
| Other | 4 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101.) in use at the end of the year | 20 | |
| The following is a list of the different classes of Factories in | |||
| Hampstead:— | |||
| Bakers | 21 | Laundries | 2 |
| Bootmakers | 14 | Metal Workers | 5 |
| Builders | 4 | Motor Workers | 10 |
| Butchers | 8 | Opticians | 2 |
| Carpet Beaters | 2 | Printers | 12 |
| Coffee Roasters | 5 | Other trades | 20 |
| Dairymen | 2 | ||
| Engineers | 4 | 111 | |
| 96 inspections were made during the year and 6 notices were served. | |||