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Paddington 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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58 WORKSHOP SUPERVISION.
TABLE 37.
Factories, Workshops, and Work-places. 1908.
| No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Employees. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. | Men. | Totals. | |||
| Boot-making | 139 (70) | 140 (70) | 10 (6) | 6 (2) | 210 (70) | 226 (78) |
| Corset-making | 9 (1) | 12 (1) | 30 (1) | 3 | - | 33 (1) |
| Dressmaking | 433 (66) | 624 (83) | 1,666 (182) | 321 (50) | 20 (2) | 2,007 (234) |
| Mantle-making | 11 (6) | 16 (9) | 40 (11) | 1 | - | 41 (11) |
| Millinery | 46 (3) | 69 (3) | 276 (3) | 43 | 2 | 321 (3) |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 22 | 59 | 405 | 73 | - | 478 |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 38 (24) | 41 (25) | 102 (28) | 9 (2) | - | 111 (30) |
| Tailoring | 195 (135) | 203 (147) | 159 (99) | 14 (6) | 313 (161) | 486 (266) |
| „ Ladies' | 23 (3) | 49 (6) | 183 (2) | 19 (3) | 52 (3) | 254 (8) |
| Various | 19 (3) | 22 (3) | 31 (3) | 3 | 15 | 49 (3) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 14 (8) | 17 (8) | 43 (13) | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 57 (15) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving Offices | 16 | 16 | 34 | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| Laundries | 114 (9) | 371 (10) | 1,067 (10) | 18 | 126 | 1,211 (10) |
| „ —Receiving Offices | 40 | 40 | 47 | 3 | 1 | 51 |
| Mangling | 20 (1) | 20 (1) | 20 (1) | - | - | 20 (1) |
| Various | 4 (1) | 4 (1) | 9 (1) | 1 | 1 | 11 (1) |
| Blind-making | 6 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 33 |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 43 | 66 | 101 | 14 | 346 | 461 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 26 | 43 | - | 22 | 235 | 255 |
| Chaff-cutting | 18 | 22 | - | - | 61 | 61 |
| Coach Building | 48 | 79 | - | 1 | 328 | 329 |
| Cycle and Motor Making and Repairing | 27 | 40 | - | 8 | 110 | 118 |
| Jewellery and Clock-making | 8 | 9 | - | 2 | 22 | 24 |
| Metal-working | 35 | 40 | - | 1 | 142 | 143 |
| Saddlery | 13 | 15 | - | 1 | 46 | 47 |
| Sign and Ticket Writing | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 24 |
| Trunk-making | 10 | 13 | - | - | 34 | 34 |
| Umbrella-making | 8 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| Upholstery | 53 (17) | 85 (22) | 101 (26) | 23 (4) | 174 (4) | 298 (34) |
| Various | 86 (2) | 121 (2) | 196 (2) | 114 | 647 | 957 (2) |
| 1,532 (349) | 2,260 (391) | 4,543 (388) | 724 (68) | 2,944 (241) | 8,211 (697) | |
Women were employed in 962 workshops, including 203 where men and women were employed.
The total number of women therein was 5,160, including 617 "young persons."
Women were employed at 199 outworkers' premises, including 32 where men and women were employed.
The total number of women employed therein was 445, including 67 "young persons."
From other sources 8 complaints were received, as compared with 4 in 1906 and 7 in
1905.
Overcrowding.—Nine (9) cases of overcrowding were reported by the Inspectors and 4
by the Home Office during the year. In 1907, 4 cases were discovered by the Department
and two reported by the Home Office.