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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 1911
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WORKSHOPS SUPERVISION.
TABLE 45. Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. 1911.
| Business. | No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Women. | Employees. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Young Persons. | Men. | Totals. | ||||
| Boot-making | 119 (54) | 125 (54) | 8(6) | 2(1) | 189 (54) | 199 (61) |
| Corset-making | 8(1) | 8(1) | 17(1) | - | — | 17(1) |
| Dressmaking | 425 (72) | 769 (76) | 2,487 (140) | 552 (45) | 39 (6) | 3,078 (191) |
| Furriers | 7 | 12 | 26 | — | 6 | 32 |
| Mantle-making | 7(2) | 7 (2)' | 30(3) | -(2) | — | 30 (5) |
| Millinery | 40(1) | 46(1) | 244 (1) | 20 | — | 264 (1) |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 22 (2) | 47 (2) | 380 (3) | 52 | 432 (3) | |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 45 (30) | 50(31) | 164 (60) | 10 | 174 (60) | |
| Tailoring | 201 (148) | 242 (158) | 205 (69) | 23 (20) | 405 (167) | 633 (256) |
| ,, Ladies' | 29 (9) | 45 (9) | 80 (9) | 3 | 62 | 145 (9) |
| Various | 16(8) | 18 (8) | 25 (5) | — | 4 | 29 (5) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 13 (10) | 15 (11) | 59 (21) | 9(5) | 9(1) | 77 (27) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving | ||||||
| Offices | 17 | 24 | 44 | — | — | 44 |
| Laundries | 101 (10) | 268(10) | 821 (10) | 12 | 80 | 913(10) |
| „ —Receiving Offices | 33 | 33 | 44 | — | — | 44 |
| Mangling | 15(1) | 15 (1) | 21 (1) | — | — | 21(1) |
| Blind-making | 6 | 11 | 23 | — | 20 | 43 |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 26 | 40 | 66 | 20 | 280 | 366 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 19 | 39 | — | — | 289 | 289 |
| Chaff-cutting | 16 | 20 | — | — | 56 | 56 |
| Coach Building | 12 | 25 | — | — | 59 | 59 |
| Cycle and Motor Works | 63 | 95 | — | — | 309 | 309 |
| Farriers and General Smiths | 31 | 38 | — | — | 92 | 92 |
| Florists | 15 | 21 | 58 | — | — | 58 |
| Jewellery and Clock-repairing | 12 | 16 | — | — | 45 | 45 |
| Metal-working | 20 | 33 | — | — | 87 | 87 |
| Saddlery | 9 | 11 | — | 24 | 24 | |
| Sign and Ticket Writing | 9 | 10 | — | 6 | 28 | 34 |
| Trunk-making | 12 | 12 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| Umbrella-making | 7 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 16 |
| Undertaking | 11 (2) | 18 (3) | 1(1) | — | 50 | 51 (1) |
| Upholstery | 54 (26) | 86 (27) | 112 (32) | — | 160 | 272 (32) |
| Wig-making and Hair-work | 9 | 11 | 14 | — | 17 | 31 |
| Various | 79 (5) | 101 (5) | 182 (7) | 50 | 576 (7) | 808 (14) |
| 1,508 (381) | 2,319 (399) | 5,122 (369) | 761 (73) | 2,909 (235) | 8,792 (677) | |