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 and Chelsea 1967
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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| Factory-Business | North Kensington | South Kensington | Chelsea | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. | Mech. | N-M. | |
| Antique Restorers | 1 | - | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Bakers and Confectioners | 9 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 12 | - |
| Belt and Button Manufacturers | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Boat and Marine Repairs and Construction | - | - | - | _ | 2 | - |
| Bottling Stores | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Builders and Decorators | 2 | - | 5 | 10 | 3 | - |
| Building Construction | 9 | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Carton Making and Salvage | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Coffee Grinding and Roasting | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Dental Mechanics | 3 | - | 5 | - | 2 | - |
| Display Works and Signwriting | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | - |
| Doll and Toy Manufacturers | 2 | 1 | _ | - | - | — |
| Dressmaking | 10 | - | 21 | 7 | 24 | 8 |
| Dyers and Cleaners | 12 | 1 | 9 | - | 9 | - |
| Electrical Generating Stations | 2 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Electro Platers | 2 | - | _ | _ | — | — |
| Engineering (Electro.) | 10 | - | 6 | 3 | 11 | - |
| Engineering (Mech.) | 21 | - | 7 | - | 1 | - |
| Furriers | 1 | 1 | 14 | 2 | - | |
| Gas Works | 1 | - | _ | - | - | — |
| Glass Cutting and Polishing | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ice Cube and Cream Manufacturers | 4 | - | _ | - | - | - |
| Jewellers and Watchmakers | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | - |
| Lampshade Manufacturers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Laundries | 9 | - | 5 | - | 7 | — |
| Leather Goods | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | - |
| Metal Merchants | 9 | — | 3 | 1 | 5 | - |
| Milliners | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | - | 2 |
| Motor Car Accessories | 4 | _ | - | — | - | _ |
| Motor Car Repairers and Garages | 61 | 1 | 57 | 1 | 46 | 1 |
| Musical Instruments | — | - | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Office Equipment | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Oil Blenders and Packers | 1 | — | — | 1 | - | - |
| Paint Makers and Storers | 1 | _ | 1 | — | — | — |
| Photographers | 4 | - | 13 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Picture Frame Makers | 2 | — | 4 | - | 7 | 2 |
| Plastics | 6 | 1 | _ | - | 1 | _ |
| Printers and Bookbinders | 22 | _ | 1 | - | 5 | - |
| Radio and Television | 10 | - | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Rag Merchants | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | - |
| Rubber Goods Manufacturers | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | _ | - |
| Sausage Makers | 13 | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Scientific and Hospital Instruments | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Shoe Makers and Repairers | 7 | - | 12 | — | 6 | — |
| Silk Screen Printing and Spraying | 3 | - | 1 | - | — | — |
| Soft Furnishings and Upholstery | 18 | - | 11 | 6 | 22 | 8 |
| Stone Masons | 1 | — | 1 | — | _ | _ |
| Sweet Making and Packing | 5 | 1 | — | — | - | — |
| Tailoring | 15 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | 1 |
| Tool Making | 5 | - | 2 | - | — | - |
| Undertakers | 1 | _ | — | 1 | — | - |
| Wax Workers | 2 | _ | - | _ | _ | - |
| Weaving | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Woodworkers (Joiners, etc.) | 10 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 1 |
| Miscellaneous | 22 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 1 |
| TOTAL | 342 | 29 | 235 | 66 | 205 | 34 |