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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 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Trade or business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and crafts. | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Bakers | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Basket makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bedding makers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Blind makers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Blouse makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Boot makers and repairers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Cabinet makers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Cardboard box makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Carpet repairers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Chromium plating | — | 1 | 1 |
| Corset makers | 11 | — | 11 |
| Drapery | — | 3 | 3 |
| Dressmakers and ladies' tailors | 182 | 7 | 189 |
| Dry cleaners | — | 9 | 9 |
| Dyers and cleaners | 5 | 10 | 15 |
| Fretwork | — | 2 | 2 |
| Electrical apparatus | 1 | — | 1 |
| Embroidery workers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Fine needlework | 1 | — | 1 |
| Florists | 17 | — | 17 |
| Furriers | 15 | 10 | 25 |
| Glove makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hairdressers | 11 | —' | 11 |
| Instrument makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Invisible menders | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Jewellers | — | 4 | 4 |
| Knitwear | 5 | — | 5 |
| Lampshade makers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Laundries | 22 | 36 | 58 |
| Marine stores | 1 | — | 1 |
| Millinery | 32 | 2 | 34 |
| Photographers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Pipe makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Printers | — | 6 | 6 |
| Radio repairers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Sausage makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Steam pressers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Sundry businesses | 12 | 15 | 27 |
| Tailors | 58 | 13 | 71 |
| Toy makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Umbrella makers and repairers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Underclothing | 2 | — | 2 |
| Upholsterers | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Wax figure manufacturers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Weaving | 2 | — | 2 |
| Totals | 421 | 144 | 565 |
Home Work.—Of the 272 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, and 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.
The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following
table :—
Outworkers in workshops or factories 68
Outworkers in domestic workshops 38
Outworkers in their own homes 166
Total number of outworkers 272