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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS, LAUNDRIES, WORKPLACES AND HOMEWORK.
TABLE XII. 1.—Inspections. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors. H.O.
| Premises. | Number of | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
| Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 110 | - | - |
| Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 2,926 | 6 | - |
| Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises included in Part 3 of this Report) | 40 | - | - |
| Total | 3,076 | 6 | — |
3.—Home
| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' Lists, Section 107. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers. | Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | ||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | ||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||
| Wearing Apparel— | |||||||
| (1) making, &c. | 112 | 20 | 484 | 5 | 10 | - | - |
| (2) cleaning and washing | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | - | - | 6 | - | - | 3 | - |
| Furniture and upholstery | - | - | 40 | - | - | 20 | - |
| Electro-plate | 2 | 10 | - | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| Umbrellas, &c. | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Artificial flowers | 2 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 3 | - |
| Brush making | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Stuffed toys | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Basket making | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 120 | 30 | 544 | 9 | 15 | 29 | - |
4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workshops | 1,391 | |||
| Do. Bakehouses | 53 | |||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,444 | |||