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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| Trade or business. | Workshops. | Factories. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arts and crafts | 7 | - | 7 |
| Bakers | 8 | 6 | 14 |
| Basket makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Bedding makers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Blind makers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Boot makers and repairers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Cabinet makers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Cardboard box makers | 1 | — | 1 |
| Chromium plating | — | 1 | 1 |
| Corset makers | 5 | — | 5 |
| Drapery | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Dressmakers and ladies'tailors | 85 | 10 | 95 |
| Dry cleaners | — | 14 | 14 |
| Dyers and cleaners | 2 | 6 | 8 |
| Fretwork | — | 1 | 1 |
| Electrical apparatus | 1 | — | 1 |
| Embroidery workers | 2 | — | 2 |
| Fine needlework | 2 | — | 2 |
| Florists | 8 | — | 8 |
| Furriers | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| Glove makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Hairdressers | 9 | — | 9 |
| Instrument makers | — | 1 | 1 |
| Invisible menders | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Jewellers | — | 3 | 3 |
| Lampshade makers | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Laundries | 20 | 43 | 63 |
| Marine stores | 3 | — | 3 |
| Millinery | 24 | — | 24 |
| Pipe makers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Printers | — | 7 | 7 |
| Sausage makers | — | 3 | 3 |
| Steam pressers | 3 | — | 3 |
| Sundry businesses | 34 | 50 | 84 |
| Tailors | 53 | 17 | 70 |
| Toy makers | — | 2 | 2 |
| Umbrella makers and repairers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Underclothing | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Upholsterers | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Wax figure manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Weaving | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 306 | 198 | 504 |
Home Work.—Of the 239 outworkers registered, some are employed on premises which^an
factories or workshops within the meaning of the Factory and Workshop Act, 1901, others work ir
domestic workshops, and the remainder are the genuine " home workers" engaged in theii
homes on the work given out to them by various firms and contractors in Kensington and othei
districts.
The number of outworkers belonging to each of these three classes is shown in the following table:—
| Outworkers in workshops or factories | 48 | ||
| Outworkers in domestic workshops | 3 | ||
| Outworkers in their own homes | 188 | ||
| Total number of outworkers | 239 |