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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
Battersea 1923
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1923
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Twenty-seven new workshops were added to the register, dealing with:—
| Boot-making | 1 | Motor repairs | 1 |
| Carpentry | 1 | Picture frames | 1 |
| Coach painting | 1 | Tailoring | 1 |
| Cycle Making | 1 | Upholstering | 1 |
| Dressmaking | 2 | Miscellaneous | 17 |
Thirty-seven workshops were discontinued or became factories
during the year.
The following table gives particulars relating to new workshops in which "protected persons" were employed, notices of which were duly sent to H.M. Inspector during 1923:—
| Trade. | No. of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. | Total. | ||
| Baker | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Boot Repairer | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Corsetmaker | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Dressmaker | 3 | — | 7 | 7 |
| Engineer | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Fine Needlework | 1 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Tailor | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Miscellaneous | 3 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Totals | 13 | 1 | 21 | 22 |
Outworkers.
During 1923, 550 names and addresses of out-workers were
received in 121 lists sent in by employers and by the Medical
Officers of Health of Metropolitan Boroughs and District Councils.
155 names and addresses of 114 out-workers, which were
sent in by employers, were found to refer to other districts, and
were accordingly forwarded to the Medical Officers of Health of
those districts.
Male.
The following table shows the number of male out-workers'
premises registered in the Borough, together with the trades and
the number of persons employed:—