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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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84 workshop supervision.
TABLE 46. Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. 1912.
| Business. | No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Women. | Young Persons. (Males and Females.) | Men. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boot-making | 117 (55) | 126 (55) | 7(4) | 3(3) | 220 (60) | 230 (67) |
| Corset-making | 9 (1) | 9(1) | 18(1) | - | — | 18(1) |
| Dressmaking | 400 (56) | 744 (62) | 2,399 (118) | 480 (40) | 40 | 2,919(158) |
| Furriers | 10 | 18 | 30 | — | 14 | 44 |
| Mantle-making | 7(2) | 7 (2) | 30 (3) | 2(2) | - | 32(5) |
| Millinery | 46 | 49 | 190 | 25 | - | 215 |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 24 (2) | 48 (2) | 200 (3) | 40 | - | 240 (3) |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 54 (38) | 58(38) | 160 (60) | 10 | - | 170 (60) |
| Tailoring | 208 (144) | 248 (144) | 210 (60) | 20 (4) | 430 (135) | 660 (199) |
| „ Ladies' | 28 (9) | 40(9) | 70 (5) | - | 120 | 190 (5) |
| Various | 18 (8) | 20 (10) | 25 (4) | - | 10 | 35 (4) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 15 (12) | 18 (13) | 65 (23) | 9(5) | — | 74 (28) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving Offices | 17 | 24 | 44 | - | - | 44 |
| Laundries | 101 (9) | 268 (9) | 850 (9) | — | 80 | 930 (9) |
| ,, —Receiving Offices | 33 | 38 | 44 | — | — | 44 |
| Mangling | 11 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 11 |
| Blind-making.. | 6 | 14 | 23 | — | 50 | 73 |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 29 | 48 | 75 | 20 | 300 | 395 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 15 | 36 | - | - | 320 | 320 |
| Chaff-cutting | 14 | 20 | - | — | 35 | 35 |
| Coach Building | 10 | 23 | - | - | 40 | 40 |
| Cycle and Motor Works | 67 | 100 | - | - | 400 | 400 |
| Farriers and General Smiths | 27 | 35 | - | - | 90 | 90 |
| Florists | 16 | 22 | 60 | - | - | 60 |
| Jewellery and Clock-repairing | 12 | 16 | — | 30 | 30 | |
| Metal-working | 19 | 34 | — | — | 96 | 96 |
| Saddlery | 10 | 11 | - | - | 30 | 30 |
| Sign and Ticket Writing | 6 | 8 | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| 11 | 12 | - | - | 26 | 26 | |
| Umbrella-making | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 11 | — | — | 11 |
| Undertaking | 11 (2) | 18 (3) | 1(1) | 50 | 51 (1) | |
| Upholstery | 51 (27) | 83 (27) | 99 (30) | — | 86 | 185 (30) |
| Wig-making and Hair-work | 15 | 15 | - | — | 40 | 40 |
| Various | 90 (9) | 114 | 200 (9) | 30 | 620 (7) | 850 (16) |
| 1,514 (385) | 2,342 (376) | 4,822 (330) | 639 (54) | 3,147 (202) | 8,608 (586) | |
Women were employed in 988 workshops, including 246 where men and women were employed. The total
number of female workers therein was 5,409, viz., 4,822 women and 587 young persons.
Women were employed at 265 outworkers' premises, including 23 where men and women were employed.
The total number of female workers employed therein was 384, viz., 330 women and 54 young persons.