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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Trade or Business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aerated water manufacturers | - | 2 | 2 |
| Bakers | 20 | 57 | 77 |
| Basket makers | 1 | - | 1 |
| Blacksmiths | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Blind makers | 1 | - | 1 |
| Boot makers and repairers | 31 | 51 | 82 |
| Builders | 58 | 11 | 69 |
| Cabinet makers | 11 | 4 | 15 |
| Cigarette makers | - | - | - |
| Coach builders | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Coal wharves | 2 | - | 2 |
| Cooked meat dealers | - | - | - |
| Cycle repairers | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Dry cleaners | 1 | 15 | 16 |
| Dyers | - | 1 | 1 |
| Electricity generating stations | - | 3 | 3 |
| Electric light fitting makers | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| Firewood choppers | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Furriers | 1 | 8 | 9 |
| Gas works | - | 2 | 2 |
| Ice cream manufacturers | - | 1 | 1 |
| Instrument makers | - | 3 | 3 |
| Ironmongers | 2 | - | 2 |
| Ladder makers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Lampshade makers | - | 2 | 2 |
| Laundries | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Marine stores | 7 | - | 7 |
| Masons | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Metal workers | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Motor engineers and garages | 17 | 50 | 67 |
| Motor spirit dealers | 5 | - | 5 |
| Photographers | 1 | - | 1 |
| Piano makers | - | 1 | 1 |
| Picture frame makers | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Pipe makers | - | 1 | 1 |
| Printers | 2 | 19 | 21 |
| Saddlers | 1 | - | 1 |
| Sausage makers | - | 21 | 21 |
| Sign writers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Steam pressers | 2 | - | 2 |
| Sundry businesses | 38 | 35 | 73 |
| Sweet manufacturers | - | - | - |
| Tailors | 76 | 9 | 85 |
| Timber merchants | 1 | - | 1 |
| Trunk makers | 3 | - | 3 |
| Undertakers | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Upholsterers | 22 | 3 | 25 |
| Washing machine manufacturers | - | 1 | 1 |
| Watch makers | 9 | 2 | 11 |
| Wax figure manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Wheelwrights | - | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 348 | 350 | 698 |