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 1961
[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 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| Belt and Button Manufacturers | 2 | - | - | 1 |
| Builders and Decorators | 8 | 3 | 11 | 10 |
| Building Construction | 13 | - | 33 | - |
| Carton Making and Salvage | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Coffee Grinding and Roasting | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Cosmetics and Toilet Preparations | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Dental Mechanics | 1 | 3 | - | |
| Disinfectants | 1 | - | - | - |
| Display Works and Signwriting | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Doll and Toy Manufacturers | 8 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Dressmaking | 11 | 1 | 31 | 15 |
| Drug Manufacturers | - | 1 | — | — |
| Dyers and Cleaners | 7 | 1 | 12 | — |
| Electro-Platers | 2 | - | — | |
| Engineering (Elec.) | 9 | - | 4 | 3 |
| Engineering (Mech.) | 17 | - | 6 | — |
| Electrical Generating Stations | 2 | - | 2 | — |
| Film Editing and Slide Making | 1 | - | - | — |
| Furriers | 2 | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Gas Works | 1 | - | - | - |
| Glass Cutting and Polishing | 3 | - | 4 | - |
| Handbags and Shopping Bags | - | - | — | 1 |
| Ice Cube and Cream Manufacture | 2 | - | — | — |
| Jewellers and Watchmakers | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Lamp Shade Manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Laundries | 12 | - | 5 | — |
| Leather Goods | 4 | - | 1 | 3 |
| Metal Merchants | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Milliners | 1 | - | 1 | 5 |
| Motor Car Accessories | 3 | - | - | — |
| M.V.R. and Garages | 35 | 1 | 71 | 3 |
| Musical Instruments | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Needle Grinding | 2 | - | — | — |
| Novelty Goods | 1 | — | — | — |
| Office Equipment | 1 | — | — | -- |
| Oil Blenders and Packers | 2 | - | — | 1 |
| Paint Makers and Storers | 3 | - | - | — |
| Photographers | 2 | - | 6 | 3 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 1 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Plastics | 5 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Printers and Bookbinders | 10 | - | 5 | — |
| Radio & Television | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Rubber Goods Manufacturers | 1 | - | - | — |
| Rag Merchants | 1 | - | - | — |
| Sausage Makers | 11 | - | 5 | — |
| Scientific and Hospital Instruments | 3 | - | 2 | |
| Shoe Makers and Repairers | 8 | - | 9 | - |
| Silk Screen Printing and Spraying | 3 | - | — | — |
| Starch and Soda Manufacturers | 2 | - | — | |
| Soft Furnishings and Upholstery | 9 | - | 14 | 2 |
| Stone Masons | 2 | — | 1 | |
| Sweet Making and Packing | 1 | 1 | — | "" |
| Spray Painting | 1 | — | — | |
| Tailoring | 1 | 16 | 11 | |
| Tool Making | — | 1 | - | |
| Undertakers | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Wax Workers | 1 | — | — | - |
| Weaving | - | 1 | - | |
| Woodworkers (Joiners etc•) | 9 | 1 | 12 | 3 |
| Wheelwrights | 1 | - | - | |
| Miscellaneous Factories | 12 | 1 | 13 | 5 |
| TOTALS | 274 | 31 | 313 | 84 |