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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
Paddington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WORKSHOP SUPERVISION.
TABLE 41.
Factories, Workshops, and Work-places. 1905.
| No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Employees. | Totals. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. | Men. | ||||
| Boot-making | 99 (40) | 102 (40) | 8 (3) | 4 | 138 (44) | 150 (47) |
| Clothing, repairs | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| Corset-making | 9 (1) | 11 (1) | 22 (1) | 1 | — | 23 (1) |
| Dressmaking | 467 (58) | 634 (72) | 1,856 (148) | 409 (29) | 5 (3) | 2,270 (180) |
| Fur-sewing and Furriers | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 18 |
| Mantle-making | 11 (5) | 16 (7) | 59 (14) | — | — | 59 (14) |
| Millinery | 46 (4) | 71 (4) | 334 (7) | 38 | 1 | 373 (7) |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 21 | 60 | 320 | 28 | 4 | 352 |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 35 (22) | 36 (22) | 89 (26) | 5 (1) | — | 94 (25) |
| Tailoring | 150 (101) | 176 (109) | 179 (101) | 19 (12) | 256 (113) | 451 (226) |
| „ Ladies' | 19 | 29 | 121 | 25 | 44 | 190 |
| Various | 11 (4) | 11 (4) | 14 (5) | — | 18 | 32 (5) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 8 (4) | 11 (4) | 41 (8) | 7 | 8 (1) | 56 (9) |
| Other | 9 (3) | 9 (3) | 21 (5) | 5 | — | 26 (5) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving Offices | 15 | 15 | 33 | 7 | 2 | 42 |
| Laundries | 140 (9) | 423 (16) | 1,152 (22) | 23 (4) | 106 (3) | 1,281 (29) |
| „ —Receiving Offices | 31 | 35 | 38 | 4 | 2 | 44 |
| Mangling | 25 (1) | 25 (1) | 25 (1) | — | — | 25 (1) |
| Various | 6 (2) | 6 (2) | 14 (8) | 2 | 1 | 17 (8) |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 27 | 38 | 72 | 20 | 153 | 245 |
| Coach Building | 37 | 64 | — | 1 | 272 | 273 |
| Cycle and Motor Making | 17 | 21 | — | 9 | 83 | 92 |
| Jewellery and Clock-making | 7 | 11 | 3 | 26 | 22 | 51 |
| Metal-working | 19 | 20 | — | — | 76 | 76 |
| Saddlery | 8 | 10 | — | — | 24 | 24 |
| Sign and Ticket Writing | 7 | 8 | — | 8 | 14 | 22 |
| Trunk-making | 5 | 8 | — | — | 26 | 26 |
| Umbrella-making | 5 | 6 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 23 |
| Upholstery | 39 (17) | 65 (22) | 107 (26) | 12 (4) | 61 (1) | 180 (33) |
| Various | 72 (1) | 107 (1) | 162 | 138 | 593 (2) | 893 (2) |
| 1,353 (272) | 2,038 (308) | 4,702(375) | 795 (50) | 1,920 (167) | 7,417 (592) | |
The figures in parentheses refer to outworkers.
Inspections.—The inspections and re-inspections made during the year numbered 2,025
(see Table 42) as compared with 3,414 in 1904, and 109 rooms were measured, or 111 less
than in 1904. Single workers' premises are not measured. Eighty-six (86) workrooms were
found to be used as bedrooms. The number of workshops without the "Abstract" prescribed
by the Act was 15, against 65 in the previous year. Each case was duly reported to the
Home Office. In 1903, 133 notices were required to deal with nuisances and infringements
of the Factory and Workshop Act; and in 1904, 96. Last year the number fell to 54.
Much necessary work was, however, done without notice, on verbal requests of the
Inspectors.