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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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factories, workshops, laundries, workplaces and homework

Table: TABLE VII.1.-Inspection.Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. H.O.

TABLE VII.

1.-Inspection.

Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. H.O.

Premises.Number of
Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
Factories (including Factory Laundries)...4802• • •
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)168231• • •
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report)44751
Total2609381

Table: 3.—Home

3.—Home

Nature of Work.Outworkers' Lists, Section 107.
Lists received from Employers.Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils.Numbers of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils.
Twice in the year.Once in the year.
Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
Wearing Apparel—
(1) making, &c.443113278248262
(2) cleaning and washing...4• • •
Lace, lace curtains and nets• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •
Furniture and Upholstery• • •• • •• • •• • •2• • •
Umbrellas• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •
Brush making• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •• • •
Electro Plate• • •• • •• • •. • •• • •• • •
Locks, Latches and Keys• • •• • •. • •• • •• • •• • •
Total443113278254262

Table: 4.—Registered Workshops.

4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
Bootmaking54(7)
Dressmaking306(40)
Millinery, and Millinery and Dressmaking5L
Tailoring103(43)
Other Wearing Apparel30(5)
Laundries51
Coach and Van Building39
Upholstery32(5)
Bakehouses69
Other183(1)
Total number of workshops on Register918(101)*
* The figures in parentheses refer to Outworkers.