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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

Holborn 1925

Report for the year 1925 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: No less than 175 different industries are carried on in these workshops, among the principal being the following:—

No less than 175 different industries are carried on in these workshops, among the principal being the following:—

No. of Workshops Employing
Men only.Women only.Both Sexes.Total.
Barometer and thermometer makers61—7
Boot makers and repairers21—223
Cabinetmakers8——8
Clock and watch makers14——14
Dressmakers and ladies' tailors—29231
Diamond mounters4—37
Engravers19——19
Jewellers4641565
Jewel case makers5——5
Leather goods makers7—512
Metal workers8—19
Picture framers11—213
Sign writers51—6
Tailors39698143
Tyre makers and repairers4116

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Factories.
These visits also afforded an opportunity for extending and revising information
relating to "factories" in the Borough. Steps are being taken for the gradual
compilation of a register of such places, and at the end of the year 301 factories had
been entered on the register. Workshops are automatically converted, at a very small
cost, into factories by the installation of a small electric motor; the health conditions
then may no longer be inspected by the Borough Council's staff except as regards
sanitary accommodation.
The 301 factories include 79 different industries. In 163 cases men only were
employed, in 5 women only, and in 131 both sexes.

Table: The more important industries carried on in these factories are:—

The more important industries carried on in these factories are:—

Bookbinding12
Engineering36
Jewellers' work12
Metal work15
Printing53

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Factories Bill.
A Bill has been introduced and will probably shortly be reintroduced into
Parliament to consolidate, and amend, the law relating to factories and
workshops. In connection therewith I submitted the following report to the
Public Health Committee:—
Distinction between "Factory" and "Workshop" to be abolished.
This Bill abolished the distinction which exists under the present law between factories
and workshops, and employed only one term "Factory," and the provisions of the Bill
applied to factories included under the new and old definitions.