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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Factory - business | North Kensington | South Kensington | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. | |
| Bakers and Confectioners | 7 | 4 | 9 | 3 |
| Belt Manufacturers | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Builders and Decorators | 5 | 6 | 9 | 18 |
| Carton making and Salvage | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| Coffee Grinding and Roasting | 1 | 5 | - | |
| Cosmetics & Toilet Preparations | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Dental Mechanics | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Disinfectants | 1 | - | ||
| Display Works and Signwriting | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Doll and Toy Manufacturers | 7 | 4 | 4 | - |
| Dressmaking | 10 | - | 31 | 14 |
| Dyers and Cleaners | 7 | 1 | 11 | 1 |
| Electro-Platers | 2 | - | ||
| Engineering (Elec.) | 10 | 6 | 3 | |
| Engineering (Mech.) | 30 | 1 | 10 | |
| Electrical Generating Stations | 2 | - | 2 | - |
| Film Editing and Slide Making | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Furriers | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Gas Works | 1 | |||
| Glass Cutting and Polishing | 5 | 3 | - | |
| Handbags and Shopping Bags | 2 | - | 1 | |
| Jewellers and Watchmakers | 7 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Lamp Shade Manufacturers | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Laundries | 17 | 5 | ||
| Leather Goods | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Metal Merchants | 3 | 2 | 2 | |
| Milliners | - | 1 | l | 7 |
| Motor Car Accessories | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| MoVoRo and Garages | 41 | 4 | 72 | 5 |
| Needle Grinding | 2 | 1 | ||
| Novelty Goods | 1 | |||
| Office Equipment | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| Oil Blenders and Packers | 2 | _ | - | |
| Paint Makers and Storers | 2 | 1 | - | |
| Photographers | 1 | 4 | 3 | |
| Picture Frame Makers | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| Plastics | 3 | 2 | 1 | _ |
| Printers and Bookbinders | 15 | 5 | - | |
| Radio and Television Repairs | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
| Records | 1 | — | ||
| Rubber Goods Manufacturers | 1 | - | — | — |
| Sausage Makers | 7 | 6 | 6 | - |
| Scientific & Hospital Instruments | 1 | 2 | ||
| Shoe Makers and Repairers | 11 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Silk Screen Printing & Spraying | 2 | 1 | 1 | - |
| Starch and Soda Manufacturers | 2 | 1 | ||
| Soft Furnishings and Upholstery | 7 | 5 | 16 | 11 |
| Stone Masons | 2 | 1 | ||
| Sweet Making and Packing | l | |||
| Spray Painting | 1 | - | ||
| Tailoring | 9 | 2 | 22 | 10 |
| Undertakers | 1 | — | 1 | |
| Weaving | 1 | 1 | ||
| Woodworkers (Joiners, etc.) | 12 | 3 | 15 | 5 |
| Miscellaneous Factories | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 |
| TOTALS | 266 | 66 | 289 | 111 |