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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 1926
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926
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| Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Motor engineers and garages | 33 | 31 | 64 |
| Motor spirit dealers | 2 | – | 2 |
| Organ builder | 1 | – | 1 |
| Oxy-acetylene welder | – | 1 | 1 |
| Perfume manufacturer | 1 | – | 1 |
| Photographers | 2 | – | 2 |
| Photographic supplies manufacturer | l | – | 1 |
| Piano makers | l | 1 | 2 |
| Picture frame makers | 9 | – | 9 |
| Pipe maker | – | 2 | 2 |
| Plumber | 1 | – | 1 |
| Pottery warehouse | 1 | – | 1 |
| Printers | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Rubber dealer | 1 | – | 1 |
| Rusk manufacturer | – | 1 | 1 |
| Saddlers | 3 | – | 3 |
| Sausage makers | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Sewing machine mechanic | 1 | – | 1 |
| Sign writers | 4 | – | 4 |
| Starch maker | – | 1 | 1 |
| Steam pressers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Sundry businesses | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sweet manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Tailors | 59 | 2 | 61 |
| Timber merchant | – | 1 | 1 |
| Trunk makers | 4 | – | 4 |
| Undertakers | 10 | 1 | 11 |
| Upholsterers | 20 | 1 | 21 |
| Washing machine manufacturers | – | 2 | 2 |
| Waste paper merchant | 1 | – | 1 |
| Watch makers | 5 | – | 5 |
| Wax figure manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelwrights | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Wine and spirit dealer | 1 | – | 1 |
| Wireless worker | – | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 421 | 187 | 608 |
Factories and Workshops where women are employed.— The number of workshops and
factories at which female labour was employed at the end of 1926 was 635,'.187 in North Kensington
and 448 in South Kensington.
The number of persons employed varies with the period of the year, being, of course, greatest
during the "season."