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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea Borough]

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Table: Factories. The following is a list of factories on the register at the end of 1938:-

Factories. The following is a list of factories on the register at the end of 1938:-

Trade.Where Mechanical Power is used.Where Mechanical Power is not used.
No. of Premises on Register.Persons Employed.No. of Premises on Register.Persons Employed.
Males.Females.Males.Females.
Adults.Young Persons.Adults.Young Persons.Adults.Young Persons.Adults.Young Persons.
Baker4423926--410---
Boot repairer28757--6152--
Builder49112--9157--
Carpenter and Joiner4206--4174--
Chocolate maker and Confectioner5322461333-141
Coachbuilder2122—-4273--
Cycle repairer12—--8306--
Dressmaker8——1828--16-
Embroiderer——---1--14-
Engineer—(a) general261,2271455139-----
(b) motor2021284-26114212-
Farrier and smith———__513---
Firewood cutter94561351213-
Florist———_-5--18-
Foodstuff maker11399291265612-2-
Laundries15781152716532-6-
Masons744058--131--
Milliners——---5--14-
Printers20185295519-----
Rag sorter—————185524235
Sign writer————-73041-
Tailor2314-39712637
Upholsterer—————61737-
Other trades884,1105991,798468571752410816
Totals2947,1709412,64276722160110229129