Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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 1937:— | |
Bakehouses | 5 |
Bootmakers | 6 |
Cycle makers | 8 |
Dressmakers | 17 |
Laundries | 3 |
Milliners | 5 |
Motor repairers | 24 |
Rag sorters | 16 |
Tailors | 39 |
Other trades | 99 |
Total number of workshops | 222 |
4.—Other Matters.
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and
Workshop Act (Section 133) 3
Notified by H.M. Inspector —
Underground Bakehouses (Section 101), in use at end
of the year 14
Factories and Workshops.
Factories.
The following is a list of the factories on the register at the end of 1937:—
Trade. | Number of Factories on Register. | Males. | Females. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Adults. | Young Persons. | Adults. | Young Persons. | ||
Baker | 47 | 247 | 28 | 31 | 39 |
Barge builder | 2 | 23 | 1 | — | — |
Bootmaker | 28 | 74 | 8 | — | — |
Builder | 5 | 98 | 14 | — | — |
Butter blender | 1 | 220 | 16 | 60 | 35 |
Chaff and forage | 2 | 35 | 1 | 11 | 2 |
Chemical works | 1 | 3 | — | — | — |
Coachbuilder | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | — |
Chocolate, &c., maker | 5 | 38 | 2 | 71 | 24 |
Cycle maker | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
Dyer | 3 | 44 | 4 | 54 | 4 |
Engineer | 26 | 1,248 | 151 | 49 | 41 |
Firewood cutter | 8 | 39 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Flour mills | 2 | 159 | 11 | 26 | 7 |
Foundry | 2 | 29 | 4 | — | — |
Lift maker | 2 | 39 | 2 | — | — |
Mason | 7 | 424 | 49 | — | — |
Mineral water | 2 | 22 | 8 | 43 | 11 |
Motor repairer | 20 | 215 | 10 | 4 | — |
Printer | 18 | 82 | 22 | 23 | 15 |
Steam laundry | 16 | 80 | 12 | 524 | 161 |
Other trades | 89 | 4,271 | 618 | 1,820 | 495 |
Total | 289 | 7,404 | 967 | 2,727 | 835 |