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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
Islington 1921
Sixty-sixth annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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31 [1921
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1921. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
| Workshops were Men are employed | 648 | 958 | 149 | 85 |
| Workshops were Women are employed | 436 | 738 | 23 | 62 |
| Laundries | 21 | 54 | — | 5 |
| Bakehouses | 240 | 252 | — | 1 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 346 | 390 | 2 | 12 |
| Total | 1,691 | 2,392 | 174 | 165 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 2,211 | — | 630 | 303 |
Workshops Notified to Home Office, 1921.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Employed Persons. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Male Young Persons. | Total. | ||
| Blouses | 3 | 5 | - | 5 |
| Millinery | 1 | 1 | -_ | 1 |
| Ties | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Furrier | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Tailoring | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Dressmaking | 4 | 26 | - | 26 |
| Artificial Flowers | 3 | 42 | — | 42 |
| Machine Knitting | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| French Polishing | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Lamp Shades | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Mantles | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Children's Frocks | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Christmas Crackers | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Underclothing | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Rag Sorting | 1 | 6 | - | 6 |
| 23 | 102 | - | 102 | |
SECRETARY OF STATE'S RETURNS
on the administration of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, in connection with
FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
1— INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Written Notices. (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 521 | 63 | Nil |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 814 | 84 | „ |
| Workplaces (Other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 913 | 95 | „ |
| Miscellaneous Re-Inspections | 4,295 | — | „ |
| Total | 6,543 | 242 | Nil |