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Paddington 1903
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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workshop supervision.
The 135 addresses were given in 55 lists, received from :—
| Kensington | 15 lists. | Hampstead | 7 lists. | One list from each. | |
| Westminster | 8 „ | Marylebone | 3 „ | St. Pancras | |
| Finsbury | 8 „ | Chelsea | 2 ,, | Shoreditch | |
| City of London | 7 ,, | Islington | 2 ,, | Willesden |
The following business were carried on at the 261 premises:—
Tailoring, 103. Bootmaking, 20. Dressmaking, 67. Other Costume Work, 30.
Laundry Work, 17. Upholstering, 14. Other businesses, 10.
The total number of persons working at such premises was 573.
Ninety-three (93) of the premises came within the definition of workshops; 1, of factories ;
2, of workplaces ; and at 165, single workers were found, that is, the work was done by the
occupiers and no hands were employed.
TABLE 34. Factories, Workshops, and Work-places.0
| No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Women. | Employees. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Persons. | Men. | Total. | ||||
| Clothing— | ||||||
| Boot-making | 39 (20) | 42 (23) | 8 (2) | 1 | 87 (25) | 96 (27) |
| Clothing, repairs | 5 | 6 | 10 | — | — | 10 |
| Corset-making | 9 (1) | 10 (1) | 20 (1) | 1 | — | 21 (1) |
| Dressmaking | 458 (67) | 621 (76) | 1,753 (147) | 354 (19) | 19 (1) | 2,126 (167) |
| Fur-sewing and Furriers | 5 (1) | 7 (1) | 15 (1) | 1 | 7 | 23 (1) |
| Mantle-making | 10 (7) | 13 (8) | 19 (7) | — | — | 19 (7) |
| Millinery | 38 (3) | 60 (3) | 223 (4) | 50 | 7 | 280 (4) |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 16 | 55 | 253 | 63 | 3 | 319 |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 31 (19) | 35 (21) | 46 (22) | 2 (1) | 48 (23) | |
| Tadoring | 144 (103) | 172 (111) | 234 (124) | 22 (19) | 228 (116) | 484 (259) |
| „ Ladies' | 9 | 21 | 66 | — | 50 | 116 |
| Various | 4 (4) | 4 (4) | 5 (5) | 1 (1) | 1 (1) | 7 (7) |
| Fancy Work— Embroidery and Art Needlework | 4 (1) | 6 (1) | 17 | 3 (2) | 6 | 26 (2) |
| Cleansing— | ||||||
| Dyers and Cleaners | 6 (2) | 7 (2) | 15 (8) | 2 | 1 | 18 (8) |
| „ „ —Receiving Offices | 16 | 16 | 34 | 5 | 2 | 41 |
| Laundries | 147 (16) | 418 (26) | 1,199 (34) | 46 (2) | 132 (3) | 1,377 (39) |
| „ —Receiving Offices | 30 | 31 | 30 | 7 | — | 37 |
| Mangling | 23 (1) | 23 | 23 (1) | — | — | 23 (1) |
| Other Businesses— | ||||||
| Bookbinding and Printing | 8 | 8 | 20 | — | 31 | 51 |
| Cvcle-making | 9 | 13 | — | — | 30 | 30 |
| Trunk-making | 6 | 10 | — | — | 29 | 29 |
| Umbrella-making | 5 (1) | 5 (1) | 7 (1) | 1 | 5 | 13 (1) |
| Upholstery | 24 (14) | 42 (19) | 56 (20) | 15 (4) | 18 (1) | 89 (25) |
| Various | 35 (1) | 46 (1) | 139 (1) | 79 | 101 | 319 (1) |
| .Mixed Occupations | 50 | 93 | 565 | 113 | 164 | 842 |
| 1,131 (261) | 1,764 (298) | 4,757 (378) | 766 (48) | 921 (147) | 6,444 (573) | |
The figures in parentheses indicate the number of " outworkers " in each group.