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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 1926
Seventy-first annual report on the health and sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Islington
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[1926
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below :
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1926. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
| Workshops where Men are employed | 1.001 | 1,509 | 112 | 66 |
| Workshops where Women are employed | 527 | 811 | 58 | 38 |
| Laundries | 42 | 53 | — | — |
| Bakehouses | 234 | 243 | 1 | 2 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 429 | 473 | 19 | 2 |
| Other Workplaces | 47 | — | 5 | 1 |
| Total | 2,280 | 3,089 | 195 | 109 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 3,057 | — | 428 | 239 |
Workshops Notified to Home Office during Year 1926.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmaking | 13 | 87 | — | 87 |
| Artificial Wreaths | I | 9 | — | 9 |
| Mantles | 3 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Costumes | 4 | 17 | — | 17 |
| Underclothing | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Boudoir Caps | 1 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Tailoring | 9 | 41 | — | 41 |
| Artificial Florist | 1 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Pattern Cards | 1 | 12 | — | 12 |
| Millinery | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Leather Goods | 7 | — | 7 | |
| Furriers | 3 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Picture Mouldings | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Art Needlework | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Basket Work | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Dress Stands | 1 | 4 | — | 4 |
| Rag Sorting | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Tie Making | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Packing Case Making | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Glass Sign Making | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Bakehouse | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Upholstering | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Wood Carving | 1 | I | 1 | o |
| Total | 55 | 231 | 6 | 237 |
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | WrittenNotices | Prosecutions. | |
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
| Factories | 753 | 96 | Nil. |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 1,094 | 108 | „ |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 1,192 | 71 | „ |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises) Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 5,093 | — | - |
| Total | 8,132 | 275 | Nil. |