Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Trade or Business. | Factories in which power is used. | Factories in which power is not used. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Aerated water manufacturers | 2 | — | 2 |
Arts and crafts | 3 | — | 3 |
Baby carriage makers | — | 1 | 1 |
Basket makers | - | 2 | |
Bedding makers | 2 | - | 2 |
Biscuit manufacturers | 1 | - | 1 |
Blacksmiths, farriers | 2 | 6 | |
Blind makers | — | 3 | 3 |
Boot makers and repairers | 50 | 28 | 78 |
Bottle dealers | — | 1 | 1 |
Builders | 12 | 58 | 70 |
Button makers | — | 1 | 1 |
Cabinet makers | 12 | 12 | 24 |
Cardboard box makers | 1 | — | 1 |
Carpet repairers | — | 6 | 6 |
Chromium-platers | 1 | — | 1 |
Coach builders | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Coffee grinders | 3 | — | 3 |
Corset makers | 1 | 6 | |
Cosmetic manufacturers | — | 1 | 1 |
Cycle repairers | — | 3 | 3 |
Dentists | — | 1 | 1 |
Departmental stores | 6 | 2 | 8 |
Dressmakers | 21 | 106 | 127 |
Dry cleaners | 10 | 1 | 11 |
Dyers and cleaners | 7 | 3 | 10 |
Electrical apparatus | 7 | 8 | 15 |
Electrical generating station | 5 | — | 5 |
Embroidery | — | 4 | 4 |
Engineering works and motor garages | 64 | 34 | 98 |
Fine needlework | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Firewood choppers | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Florists | — | 11 | 11 |
Fried fish shop | 1 | — | 1 |
Furniture remover | 1 | — | 1 |
Furriers | 13 | 8 | 21 |
Gasworks | 1 | — | 1 |
Glovemakers | 1 | — | 1 |
Hair dressers | — | — | — . |
Ice cream manufacturers | 1 | — | 1 |
Instrument makers | 1 | — | 1 |
Invisible menders | 3 | 1 | 4 |
Ironmongers | — | 2 | 2 |
Jewellers | 5 | 3 | 8 |
Lampshade makers | — | 3 | 3 |
Laundries | 42 | 17 | 59 |
Lacquerers | 1 | — | 1 |
Leatherwork | — | 2 | 2 |
Marine stores | — | 5 | 5 |
Metal workers | 4 | 3 | 7 |
Millinery | — | 26 | 26 |
Mineral water manufacturers | 1 | — | 1 |
Oil and grease manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Organ builders | 1 | — | 1 |
Optician | — | 1 | 1 |
Paint manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Dhotographers | — | 2 | 2 |
'iano repairers | — | 2 | 2 |
'icture framemakers | 1 | 6 | 7 |
Pipe makers | 2 | — | 2 |
Printers | 23 | — | 23 |