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 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS. 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 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Bakers | 16 | 53 | 69 |
| Basket makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bedding makers | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Blacksmiths | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Boot makers and repairers | 31 | 54 | 85 |
| Builders | 56 | 8 | 64 |
| Cabinet makers | 14 | 12 | 26 |
| Carpet repairers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Chromium plating | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Coach builders | 2 | 8 | 10 |
| Cycle repairers | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Dentist | 1 | — | 1 |
| Drapery | — | 5 | 5 |
| Dressmakers | 6 | 14 | 20 |
| Dry cleaners | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Dyers and cleaners | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Electrical apparatus | 11 | 7 | 18 |
| Electric generating stations | — | 3 | 3 |
| Engineering works and motor garages | 30 | 57 | 87 |
| Firewood choppers | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Fretwork | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Furriers | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| Gasworks | — | 1 | 1 |
| Glovemakers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hairdressers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ice-cream manufacturers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Instrument makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Invisible menders | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Ironmongers | 4 | — | 4 |
| Jewellers | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Lampshade makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Laundries | 2 | 39 | 41 |
| Marine stores | 6 | - | 6 |
| Masons | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Metal workers | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Paint manufacturers | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Photographers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Picture frame makers | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Pipe makers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Printers | — | 22 | 22 |
| Radio repairers | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| Saddlers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Sausage makers | — | 25 | 25 |
| Sign writers | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Steam pressers | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Sundry businesses | 22 | 21 | 43 |
| Tailors | 78 | 17 | 95 |
| Trunk makers | 5 | — | 5 |
| Umbrella makers and repairers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Undertakers | 5 | 3 | 8 |
| Upholsterers | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| Watch makers and repairers | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Wax figure manufacturers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Wheelwrights | ~~~ | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 384 | 421 | 805 |