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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
Hampstead 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Offensive Trades.
No offensive trade is carried on in the Borough.
Increase of Kent and Mortgage Interest (Restrictions) Acts.
Number of certificates applied for 25
„ „ issued 19
Factories Act, 1937.
Section 128 of the Act requires every Medical Officer of Health
in his Annual Report specially to report on the administration of these
Acts and to send a copy of his Annual Report to the Secretary of
State. It is the statutory duty of the Borough Council to keep a
Register of all Factories situated within their district, with respect to
which the Council is responsible for the enforcement of any of the
provisions of Part 1 of the Act.
At the close of the year there were 510 Factories on the Register.
287 inspections were made and 52 written notices were served. It was
not found necessary to institute legal proceedings in any case.
The following is a list of the different classes of Factories in Hampstead:—
| Tailors | 62 | Opticians | 3 |
| Milliners and dressmakers | 64 | Carpet beaters | 3 |
| Bootmakers | 69 | Basket makers | 3 |
| Builders | 19 | Radio repairs | 4 |
| Motor and other engineers | 56 | Glass works | 5 |
| Cabinet makers and upholsterers | 33 | Saddle and trunk makers | 4 |
| Monumental masons | 3 | ||
| Picture frame makers | 11 | Timber merchants and wood sawyers | 5 |
| Watchmakers and jewellers | 14 | ||
| Confectionery and ice cream | 6 | Shop and exhibition fitters | 3 |
| Florists | 5 | ||
| Coachbuilders | 4 | Hand knitting | 6 |
| Laundries | 2 | Corsets and surgical belt makers | 5 |
| Coffee roasters | 4 | ||
| Electricians | 4 | Photographers | 6 |
| Butchers | 6 | Hair curlers makers | 20 |
| Ironmongers and fitters | 7 | Miscellaneous | 41 |
| Furriers | 3 | Total | 510 |
| Hairdressers | 10 | ||
| Dyers and cleaners | 13 | ||
| Printers | 7 |