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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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The factories and workshops referred to in the above list are included in the tables which show
the trades carried on in the factories and workshops on the Council's Register.
The nature of the work given out to the 119 home workers on the register is as follows:—
| Tailoring | 55 |
| Dressmaking | 26 |
| Bootmaking | 13 |
| Drapery | 7 |
| Blouse making | 4 |
| Lampshade making | 3 |
| Outfitting | 3 |
| Linen working | 2 |
| Box making | 1 |
| Collar making | 1 |
| Furrier | 1 |
| Millinery | 1 |
| Underwear | 1 |
| Ironing | 1 |
| 119 |
No cases of infectious disease were reported during the year from premises where home work
was carried on.
The appended table summarises the work for the year of the Women Health Officers under the Factory and Workshop Acts, so far as it is capable of being expressed in this form:—
| 1. No. of Factory Inspections | 146 |
| 2. „ Workshop „ | 773 |
| 3. „ Home Workers' Inspections | 154 |
| 4. „ Work Place „ | 80 |
Home Office Tables. The following tables contain a summary of the inspections made and the defects found and remedied in workshops and factories within the Borough, where men, women, young persons or children are employed. I.—Inspections.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 518 | 12 | – |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 1315 | 73 | – |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 108 | 10 | – |
| Total | 1941 | 95 | – |