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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 1926
Report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Battersea for the year 1926
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The duties of sanitary authorities in relation to the sanitation
of factories are few, and are limited mainly to the enforcement
of suitable and sufficient sanitary accommodation for
factory employees.
Five new factory premises were added to the register
during the year, dealing with various trades and 18 were removed.
During the year 44 preliminary and 13 Statutory notices
were served under the Public Health (London) Act, 1891, for
defects found on factory premises, for the most part relating
to defective or insufficient sanitary accommodation, all of which
were duly remedied.
Workshops.
The following is a list of the workshops on the register at the end of 1926 :—
| Trade. | No. of Workshops. | No. of Workrooms. | Persons Employed. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females. | |||||
| Adults. | Young Persons. | Adults. | Young Persons. | |||
| Baker | 23 | 32 | 35 | — | — | — |
| Blind maker | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | _ | _ |
| Bootmaker | 35 | 35 | 51 | 2 | _ | _ |
| Carpenter | 4 | 5 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Coach builder | 9 | 14 | 29 | — | — | _ |
| Cycle maker | 8 | 10 | 10 | — | — | — |
| Dressmaker | 20 | 28 | — | — | 62 | 2 |
| Embroiderer | 1 | 2 | — | — | 15 | 1 |
| Farrier & smith | 13 | 13 | 30 | — | _ | _ |
| Firewood cutter | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | _ |
| Laundry | 4 | 12 | 3 | — | 11 | — |
| Mason | 3 | 3 | 16 | _ | _ | _ |
| Milliner | 17 | 21 | 1 | _ | 60 | 2 |
| Motor repairs | 13 | 13 | 38 | —. | — | — |
| Musical instrument | 3 | 6 | 48 | 1 | — | — |
| Photographer | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Picture framer | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | _ | _ |
| Rag sorter | 14 | 14 | 25 | 4 | 8 | _ |
| Saddler | 2 | 2 | 2 | _ | _ | — |
| Tailor | 44 | 55 | 66 | 4 | 71 | 5 |
| Upholsterer | 17 | 20 | 28 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Other trades | 98 | 112 | 223 | 31 | 58 | 16 |
| Totals | 337 | 408 | 629 | 47 | 294 | 26 |