London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The following table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in registered workshops and factories where men are employed:—
| Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerated water manufacturers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Bakers | 40 | 33 | 73 |
| Basket makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Blacksmiths | 12 | — | 12 |
| Blind makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Boot makers and repairers | 66 | 14 | 80 |
| Builders | 42 | 10 | 52 |
| Cabinet makers | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| Cigarette makers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Coach builders | 11 | 3 | 14 |
| Coal wharves | 2 | — | 2 |
| Cooked meat dealers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Cycle repairers | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Dyers | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Electricity generating stations | — | 4 | 4 |
| Electric light fitting makers | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Firewood choppers | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Furriers | 4 | — | 4 |
| Gas works | — | 2 | 2 |
| Ice cream manufacturers | 4 | — | 4 |
| Instrument makers | — | 3 | 3 |
| Ironmongers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Ladder makers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lampshade makers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Laundries | 4 | 14 | 18 |
| Marine stores | 1 | — | 1 |
| Masons | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Metal workers | 9 | 5 | 14 |
| Motor engineers and garages | 34 | 25 | 59 |
| Motor spirit dealers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Photographers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Piano makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Picture frame makers | 8 | — | 8 |
| Pipe makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Printers | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Saddlers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Sausage makers | 7 | 6 | 13 |
| Sign writers | 4 | — | 4 |
| Steam pressers | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sundry businesses | 41 | 16 | 57 |
| Sweet manufacturers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Tailors | 75 | 1 | 76 |
| Timber merchants | 1 | — | 1 |
| Trunk makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Undertakers | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Upholsterers | 22 | — | 22 |
| Washing machine manufacturers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Watch makers | 6 | — | 6 |
| Wax figure manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelwrights | — | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 450 | 171 | 621 |