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Finsbury 1927
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1927
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OFFENSIVE TRADES.
At present there are the following offensive trades established
in Finsbury : —
Tripe Dresser Messrs. Henson, 137, Whitecross Street
Fur Skin Dresser H. P. Millicent & Co., 8, Mallow Street
Fur Skin Dresser L. Decent, 31 and 32, Sidney Grove.
Regular inspections are carried out at these premises; the
conduct of the business in each case is subject to special By-laws
made by the London County Council.
Action taken in Finsbury during 1927 under the above-mentioned regulations is shown by the following table:—
| Nature of Sample. | No. of samples examined. | No. of samples containing above prescribed limit of preservative. |
|---|---|---|
| Cream | 7 | 1 |
| Milk | 248 | 0 |
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops and workplaces on the register at
the end of 1927, was 2,441, compared with 2,493 at the end of 1926.
During the year under review, 52 entries were removed from the
register owing to the closing of premises, the conversion of workshops
into factories by the introduction of some form of mechanical
power, or to the removal of the occupiers to other places of business.
The number of workshops and workplaces newly registered
was 212.
The factories on the register at the end of 1927 numbered
1,896, compared with 1,860 at the end of 1926. The list included
14 tenement factories in which there were separate occupiers
carrying on different trades or processes and supplied with
mechanical power by the owners of the premises.