[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough] page 26

Kensington 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: Factories and workshops where women are employed.—The following table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in registered workshops and factories where women are employed:—

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Factories and workshops where women are employed.—The following table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in registered workshops and factories where women are employed:—

Trade or Business.	Workshops.	Factories.	Total.
Bakers	2	—	2
Blind makers	1	—	1
Blouse makers	2	—	2
Boot makers and repairers	1	1	2
Corset makers	9	—	9
Dressmakers and ladies' tailors	238	3	241
Dyers	8	1	9
Embroidery workers	1	—	1
Florists	12	—	12
Furriers	15	1	16
Hairdressers	13	—	13
Invisible menders	3	—	3
Jewellers	1	2	3
Knitted goods	1	—	1
Lace workers	5	—	5
Lampshade makers	2	—	2
Laundries	36	38	74
Milliners	40	—	40
Outfitters	14	—	14
Photographers	4	—	4
Picture frame makers	2	—	2
Restaurants	3	—	3
Sundry businesses	30	6	36
Toy makers	1	—	1
Umbrella makers	1	—	1
Upholsterers	8	—	8
Weavers	1	-	1
Total	454	52	506

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Home work.—Of the 145 outworkers registered, some are employed on premises which are
factories or workshops within the meaning of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, others work in
domestic workshops, whilst the remainder are the genuine " home workers " engaged in their
homes on the work given out to them by various firms and contractors in Kensington and other
districts.

Table: The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following table :—

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The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following table :—

Outworkers in workshops or factories		38
Outworkers in domestic workshops		10
Outworkers in their own homes		97
Total number of outworkers		145

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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.

Table: The nature of the work given out to the 97 home workers on the register is as follows:—

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The nature of the work given out to the 97 home workers on the register is as follows:—

Tailoring	42
Dressmaking	28
Bootmaking	12
Outfitting	5
Drapery	2
Linen working	2
Blouse making	1
Fancy goods	1
Confectionery	1
Embroidery	2
Box making	1
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Kensington 1933

Table: Factories and workshops where women are employed.—The following table shows the various trades and occupations carried on in registered workshops and factories where women are employed:—

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Table: The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following table :—

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Table: The nature of the work given out to the 97 home workers on the register is as follows:—