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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
Battersea 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough.
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3.—-Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on Register (Section 131) at end of 1929 :— | |
| Bakehouses | 21 |
| Bootmakers | 38 |
| Dressmakers | 17 |
| Laundries | 3 |
| Milliners | 10 |
| Tailors | 38 |
| Other Trades | 199 |
| Total number of workshops | 326 |
4.—Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and
Workshop Act (Section 133) 3
Notified by H.M. Inspector 10
Underground Bakehouses (Section 101), in use at end
of the year 26
Factories and Workshops.
Factories.
The following is a list of the factories on the register at the end of 1929 :—
| Baker | 48 | 188 | 34 | 42 | 18 |
| Barge builder | 2 | 26 | — | — | — |
| Bootmaker | 28 | 62 | 5 | — | — |
| Builder | 4 | 126 | 16 | — | — |
| Butter blender | 1 | 180 | 30 | 50 | 40 |
| Chaff & forage | 3 | 39 | — | 8 | — |
| Chemical works | 4 | 208 | 13 | 72 | 10 |
| Coach | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Cycle maker | 2 | 6 | 1 | — | — |
| Dyer | 3 | 48 | 2 | 52 | 4 |
| Engineer | 24 | 1,052 | 104 | — | — |
| Firewood cutter | 13 | 34 | 8 | 24 | — |
| Flour mills | 2 | 135 | 5 | 12 | — |
| Foundry | 1 | 50 | 4 | — | — |
| Lift maker | 2 | 27 | 6 | — | — |
| Mason | 6 | 433 | 2 | — | — |
| Mineral water | 2 | 36 | — | 28 | — |
| Motor repairs | 20 | 223 | 25 | 6 | — |
| Printer | 18 | 82 | 27 | 20 | 8 |
| Steam laundry | 16 | 76 | 23 | 480 | 206 |
| Other trades | 93 | 3,975 | 554 | 1,093 | 693 |
| Total | 294 | 7,027 | 860 | 1,888 | 979 |