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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

Battersea 1921

Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1921

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Table: Forty-nine new workshops were added to the register dealing with:—

Forty-nine new workshops were added to the register dealing with:—

Bootmaking3Farrier2
Carver2Motors5
Coach Building3Tailoring8
Concrete Slab Making2Upholstering3
Dressmaking3Miscellaneous18

Table: The following table gives particulars relating to new workshops in which "protected persons" were employed, notices of which were duly sent to H.M. Inspector during. 1921:—

The following table gives particulars relating to new workshops in which "protected persons" were employed, notices of which were duly sent to H.M. Inspector during. 1921:—

Trade.No. of Workshops.Protected Persons employed.
Women.Young Persons.Total.
Bootmaker2-22
Firewood cutter2—33
Tailor3———
Miscellaneous.15101828
Totals22102333

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Outworkers.
During 1921, 605 names and addresses of out-workers were
received in 118 lists sent in by employers and by the Medical
Officer of Health of Metropolitan Boroughs and District
Councils.
127 names and addresses of 78 out-workers, which were
sent in by employers, were found to refer to other districts,
and were accordingly forwarded to the Medical Officer of Health
of those districts.
Male.
The following table shows the number of male out-workers'
premises registered in the Borough, together with the trades
and the number of persons employed:—