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Kensington 1960

[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, ioeo North or South Kensington:-

Factory - businessNorth KensingtonSouth Kensington
Mech.N-M.Mech.N-M.
Bakers and. Confectioners5292
Belt and Button Manufacturers2--1
Builders and Decorators741112
Carton Making and Salvage11--
Coffee Grinding and Roasting1-5-
Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations11-1
Dental Mechanics1-3-
Disinfectants1---
Display Works and Signwriting43-1
Doll and Toy Manufacturers753-
Dressmaking11-3115
Drug Manufacturers-1--
Dyers and Cleaners8110-
Electro-Platers2---
Engineering (Elec.)7-32
Engineering (Mech.)21-7-
Electrical Generating Stations2-2-
Film Editing and Slide Making1---
Furriers1192
Gas Works1---
Glass Cutting and Polishing5-4-
Handbags and Shopping Bags2--1
Ice Cream Manufacture1---
Jewellers and Watchmakers4-33
Lamp Shade Manufacturers1111
Laundries15-6-
Leather Goods5-12
Metal Merchants5242
Milliners1-16
Motor Car Accessories211-
M.V.R. and Garages361753
Musical Instruments--11
Needle Grinding2-1-
Novelty Goods1---
Office Equipment1-2-
Oil Blenders and Packers3--1
Paint Makers and Storers4---
Photographers2-63
Picture Frame Makers1134
Plastics321-
Printers and Bookbinders1315-
Radio and Television Repairs5-61
Rubber Goods Manufacturers1---
Rag Merchants11--
Sausage Makers12-5-
Scientific & Hospital Instruments3-3-
Shoe Makers and Repairers9-10-
Silk Screen Printing and Spraying3---
Starch and Soda Manufacturers2---
Soft Furnishings and Upholstery1331811
Stone Masons2-1-
Sweet Making and Packing-1--
Spray Painting1---
Tailoring711512
Undertakers1--1
Wax Workers1---
Weaving--1-
Woodworkers (joiners, etc.)121111
Wheelwrights1---
Miscellaneous Factories10198
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