London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Camberwell 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

This page requires JavaScript

Table: Factories, Workshops and Workplaces on the Register at the end of 1925.

Factories, Workshops and Workplaces on the Register at the end of 1925.

Wearing apparel249
Engineering trades169
Building trades97
Preparation, etc., of foodstuffs72
Sawmills, joinery works, etc.95
Printing and lithography42
Laundries35
Chemical works, manufacturing chemists7
Brush Trade9
Toy makers9
Varnish and colour works4
Offensive trades9
Glass blowing2
Gas works1
Bakehouses147
Eating houses159
Miscellaneous534
Total1,640

Text

Copy text to clipboard

Outworkers.
In accordance with S. 107 of the Factories and Workshops
Act, lists of outworkers were received from 79 persons carrying
on business in Camberwell, in addition to those received from
other Boroughs (i.e., outworkers living in Camberwell but employed
by persons in other Boroughs).
The women sanitary inspectors made 1,959 visits to outworkers'
homes.