Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1927
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machine ruling 17, pattern cards 10, printing 152, showcards 3,
manufacturing stationers 30, stencil cutting 1, waste paper
sorting 1, bookbinding 34, fountain pens 2, rubber works 4, rubber
stamp making 4, waterproofing 1, stone and marble working 2,
statuary 1. Making wearing apparel as follows: —Aprons 5,
blouses 42, boots and shoes 11, boot socks and laces 1, children's
clothing 21, fur garments 22, glove making 3, haberdashery 6,
hat making 41, linen collars 6, neckties 12, shirt and pyjama
making 28, mantle making 86, tailoring 49, skirt making 14,
underclothing 29, button making 8. Beer bottling 1, distilling 0,
dealing in wines, spirits and tobacco 3, tobacco, cigarettes and
cigar making 12, general woodwork 19, hardwood turning 19, saw
milling 5, wood cutting 2, electricity generating station 1,
hydraulic power station 1, forage cutting 5, packing and fowarding
goods 4, vulcanite and fibre manufacturers 8, cork cutting 2,
cutlery grinding 6, van building 4, dyeing 1, fur skin dressing 2,
saw making 1. Total 1,896.
Workshops.-Cardboard box making 22, instrument, jewellery,
etc., box making 30, packing case making 17, making brushes and
combs 11, house repairs and decoration 46, making clock and watch
cases 20, dial painting 14, making and repairing clocks and watches
121, shrinking cloth 2, cutting and sorting cloth 10, accordion
pleating 2, chemical research work 1, drug and chemical making
8, druggists sundries 31, disinfectants 2, agricultural engineering 5,
cycle and motor repairing 25, electrical workers 32, fitter's work 5,
locksmiths 7, machinists 10, pattern making 1, sewing machines 8,
smiths and wheelwrights 8, general engineering 37, wireless components
11, artificial flower making 14, artists' materials 2, art
needlework and embroidery 13, basket making 15, leather goods
74, fancy goods making and importing 22, shoe trimmings 4, sports
goods 7, ivory working 7, pipe making 6, taxidermy 1, toy making
and importing 28, walking sticks and umbrellas 25, wig and costume
making 1, soap and perfumery 3, general fancy goods 27,. photography
2, curling and dyeing feathers 12, blind making 4, cabinet
making 57, French polishing 22, making and repairing furniture 20,
shop fitting 33, upholstery 19, undertakers 7, picture framing 17,
carpet planning 1, confectionery 18, storage and preparation of