Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Sixty-fourth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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1919]
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Notices served.—In consequence of the 1,113 sanitary defects discovered
as the result of the inspections above ; 194 intimations and 8 statutory
notices were served. Of these notices 31 were served on the owners of factories,
135 on the owners of workshops and workplaces, and 33 on the owners of
restaurant kitchens. Fn addition to these nuisances, 69 were discovered on
Outworkers' premises, necessitating the service of 48 notices.
Registers.—There were 1,719 workshops on the Register, as contrasted with
1,887 in 1918, while the total number of workrooms was 2,319, as contrasted
with 2,707 in the previous year. 121 workshops were added to the Register
while 289 were removed from it.
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:—
Workshops and Workplaces. | 1918. | 1919. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | 392 | 516 | 103 | 15 | 480 | 674 |
Workshops where Women are employed | 862 | 1,375 | .. | 228 | 634 | 925 |
Laundries | 69 | 180 | .. | 38 | 31 | 93 |
Bakehouses | 238 | 248 | .. | 1 | 237 | 246 |
Restaurant Kitchens | 326 | 388 | 18 | 7 | 337 | 381 |
Total | 1,887 | 2,707 | 121 | 289 | 1,719 | 2,319 |
Outworkers' Premises | — | 2,276 | 548 | 415 | — | 2,341 |
Workshops notified to Home Office, 1919.
Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Employed Persons. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Women. | Male Young Persons. | Total | ||
Blouses | 2 | 31 | .. | 31 |
Millinery | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 |
Ties | 5 | 6 | .. | 6 |
Furrier | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Tailoring. | 4 | 7 | .. | 7 |
French polishing | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Dress | 9 | 36 | .. | 36 |
Leather | 4 | 12 | .. | 12 |
Embroidery | 2 | 4 | .. | 4 |
Bead Embroidery | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
Chemists (manufacturing) | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
Brush Making | 1 | 10 | .. | 10 |
Gold Leaf Beater | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 |
Total | 34 | 117 | .. | 117 |