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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
Islington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington Borough]
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49 1927
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below :—
| Workplace and workplace | 1927 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops , on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
| Workshops where Men are employed | 1,064 | 1,629 | 101 | 38 |
| Workshops where Women are employed | 531 | 825 | 49 | 45 |
| Laundries | 43 | 55 | 2 | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 234 | 243 | - | - |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 440 | 484 | 13 | 2 |
| Other Workplaces | 55 | 55 | 8 | - |
| Total | 2,367 | 3,291 | 173 | 86 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 3,160 | - | 481 | 378 |
| Workshops Notified to Home Office during Year 1927. | ||||
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
| Overalls | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Dressmaking | 16 | 73 | - | 73 |
| Mantles | 2 | 5 | - | 5 |
| Costumes | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Tailoring | 4 | 9 | - | 9 |
| Artificial Florist | 2 | 10 | - | 10 |
| Pattern Cards | 1 | 6 | - | 6 |
| Millinery | 9 | 34 | - | 34 |
| Leather Goods | 1 | 10 | - | 10 |
| Furriers | 4 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
| Blocking Hats | 1 | 8 | - | 8 |
| Carnival Novelties | 1 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Powder Puffs | 1 | 8 | - | 8 |
| Dressing Gowns | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Tie Making | 1 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Piano Making | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Cabinet Making | 1 | - | 6 | 6 |
| Motor Repairs | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Sheet Metal Work | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Upholstering | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Cinema Slides | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Toupees | I | 5 | - | 5 |
| Motor Accessories | 1 | 6 | - | 6 |
| Brushes | 1 | 5 | - | 5 |
| Total | 55 | 200 | 10 | 210 |
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (1) | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. (2) | Number of WrittenNotices (3) | Prosecutions. (4) | |
| Factories | 677 | 60 | 1 |
| (Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 902 | 85 | Nil. |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 1,200 | 60 | - |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises) Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 4,887 | - | - |
| Total | 7,666 | 205 | 1 |