London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Kensington 1924
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924
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The businesses carried on at the registered premises are set out in the subjoined list:—
| Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art needlework | 5 | - | 5 |
| Blind maker | 2 | - | 2 |
| Blouse maker | 6 | - | 6 |
| Boot maker and repairer | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cabinet maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cardboard-box maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Carpet maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Chemist | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cigarette maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Corset maker | 8 | - | 8 |
| Draper | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dressmaker and ladies' tailor | 253 | 2 | 255 |
| Dyer and cleaner | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Eyelet-hole maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Fancy work and painting | 3 | - | 3 |
| Florist | 12 | - | 12 |
| Furrier | 19 | - | 19 |
| Hairdresser | 17 | - | 17 |
| Invisible mending | 3 | - | 3 |
| Jeweller | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lace worker | 5 | - | 5 |
| Lampshade maker | 2 | - | 2 |
| Laundry | 43 | 47 | 90 |
| Machinist | 2 | - | 2 |
| Milliner | 42 | - | 42 |
| Non-inflammable composition manufacturer | - | 1 | 1 |
| Outfitter | 10 | - | 10 |
| Pastry cook | 1 | - | 1 |
| Photographer | 11 | - | 11 |
| Pictorial advertisements | 1 | - | 1 |
| Picture frame maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Pipe maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Powder puff maker | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Printing | - | 2 | 2 |
| Restaurant | 3 | - | 3 |
| Scarf maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Shirt maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Surgical supplies | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sweet maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tailor | 42 | - | 42 |
| Toilet requisites | 1 | - | 1 |
| Toy maker | 2 | - | 2 |
| Typist | 1 | - | 1 |
| Umbrella maker | 2 | - | 2 |
| Upholsterer | 10 | - | 10 |
| Weaving | 2 | - | 2 |
| Wig maker | 1 | - | 1 |
| Wire brush maker | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 523 | 63 | 586 |
HOME WORK.
Of the 252 outworkers registered, some are employed on premises which are factories or
workshops within the meaning of the Factory and Workshops Act, 1901, others work in domestic
workshops, whilst the remainder are the genuine "Home Workers" engaged in their homes on the
work given out to them by various firms and contractors in Kensington and other districts.
The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following Table:—
| Outworkers in Workshops or Factories | 39 | ||
| Outworkers in Domestic Workshops | 50 | ||
| Outworkers in their own Homes | 163 | ||
| Total number of Outworkers | 252 |