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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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The following table gives a summary of the factories on the Council's register at the end of the year, indicating the types of business carried on, whether or not mechanical power is used, and where situated, i.e. North or South Kensington:-
| Factory - business | North Kensington | South Kensington | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mech. | N-M. | Mecho | N-M. | |
| Bakers and Confectioners | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 |
| Belt Manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Builders and Decorators | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Carpet Makers and Repairers | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Carton Recovery Service | - | 2 | - | - |
| Coachbuilders | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Coffee Grinding and Roasting | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Cosmetics | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Cycle Repairs | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Dental Mechanics | 1 | - | 2 | 1 |
| Display Works and Signwriting | 4 | 3 | - | 2 |
| Doll and Toy Manufacturers | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Dressmaking | 12 | - | 20 | 14 |
| Dyers and Cleaners | 6 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Electro-Platers | 2 | - | - | - |
| Engineering (Eleco.) | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| Engineering (Mech.) | 31 | 2 | 12 | 2 |
| Engineering (Mecho) Repair Shops | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Film Editing and Slide Making | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Furriers | 2 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Glass Cutting and Polishing | 2 | - | 3 | - |
| Handbags and Shopping Bags | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Jewellers and Watchmakers | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Lamp Shade Manufacturers | 1 | 2 | 1 | l |
| Laundries | 17 | - | 6 | - |
| Leather Goods | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Metal Merchants | 3 | - | - | 2 |
| Milliners | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Motor Car Accessories | 3 | 1 | 1 | — |
| M.V.R. and Garages | 36 | 3 | 61 | 5 |
| Oil Blenders and Packers | 2 | - | - | - |
| Paint Makers and Storers | 2 | 1 | - | - |
| Photographers | - | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Plastics | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Printers and Bookbinders | 17 | 1 | 6 | _ |
| Radio and Television Repairs | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
| Sausage Makers | 8 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Scientific and Hospital Instruments | 2 | 1 | 2 | - |
| Shoe Makers and Repairers | 10 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| Silk Screen Printing and Spraying | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Starch and Soda Manufacturers | 2 | 1 | — | - |
| Soft Furnishings and Upholstery | 7 | 5 | 11 | 10 |
| Stone Masons | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Sweet Making and Packing | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Tailoring | 9 | 7 | 17 | 14 |
| Weaving | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Woodworkers (Joiners, etc.) | 12 | 4 | 13 | 6 |
| Miscellaneous Factories | 16 | 6 | 10 | 9 |
| TOTALS | 262 | 76 | 261 | 121 |
Sanitary accommodation etc., in shops
Certificates of Exemption
Under Section 38 of the Shops Act, 1950, the Council may grant