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 Islington Borough]
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1930]
The various workshops and workplaces arc tabulated as below:—
Workshops and Workplaces. | 1930. | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
Workshops where Men are employed | 1,174 | 1.814 | 101 | 72 |
Workshops where Women arc employed | 572 | 877 | 41 | 32 |
Laundries | 41 | 55 | — | — |
Bakehouses | 235 | 247 | 1 | 1 |
Restaurant Kitchens | 461 | 526 | 25 | 10 |
Other Workplaces | 69 | 69 | 11 | 13 |
Total | 2,552 | 3,588 | 182 | 128 |
Outworkers' Premises | 3,371 | — | 360 | 317 |
Workshops Notified to Home Office during Year 1930.
Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dressmaking | 11 | 45 | — | 45 |
Polishing | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Jam Making | 1 | 9 | — | 9 |
Tailoring | 2 | 5 | — | 5 |
Millinery | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
Lavender Novelties | 1 | 7 | — | 7 |
Embroidery | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Furrier | 4 | 9 | — | 9 |
Ties | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Mantles | 5 | 10 | — | 10 |
Artificial Florist | 1 | 11 | — | 11 |
Children's Frocks | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
Upholstery | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Confectionery | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
Total | 32 | 106 | — | 106 |
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES.
Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | WrittenNotices | Prosecutions. | |
(1) | (2) | (3) | (4) |
Factories | 746 | 103 | 5 |
(Including Factory Laundries) Workshops | 887 | 89 | — |
(Including Workshop Laundries) Workplaces | 1,281 | 101 | — |
(Other than Outworkers' premises) Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 5,137 | — | — |
Total | 8,051 | 293 | 5 |