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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

Camberwell 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Table: Factory and Workshop Act. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1935. Inspected by the Council's Male Sanitary Inspectors.

Factory and Workshop Act. FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES ON THE REGISTER AT THE END OF 1935. Inspected by the Council's Male Sanitary Inspectors.

Trade.Factories.Workshops and Workplaces.Total.
Blacksmiths549
Bootmakers and Repairers262955
Brush Trades134
Building Trades104656
Chemical Trades448
Engineering Trades584098
Gas Works1–1
Glass Blowing1–1
Laundries33235
Miscellaneous224413637
Offensive Trades5611
Preparations of Foodstuffs22426
Printing and Lithography421052
Sweet Manufacturers156
Timberyards and Woodworkers503282
Toymakers246
Upholsterers–1111
Varnish and Colour Works134
Wearing Apparel193049
Total5056461,151

Table: Inspected by the Council's Woman Sanitary Inspector.

Inspected by the Council's Woman Sanitary Inspector.

Trade.Factories.Workshops and Workplaces.Total.
Brush Trades2–2
Chemical Trades314
Furriers–11
Laundries38240
Milliners–1010
Miscellaneous100110210
Offensive Trades3–3
Preparation of Foodstuffs21425
Printing and Lithography14–14
Sweet Manufacturers224
Wearing Apparel7581156
Total258211469

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The male inspectors and the woman inspector paid 1,111 and
502 visits respectively to factories, workshops and workplaces in the
Borough. Generally speaking these premises were found to be
in a satisfactory condition and no evidence was obtained to show
that employment in any of the industries carried on in the area
exercises an adverse influence on the health of the workers engaged.