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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WORKSHOP SUPERVISION.
TABLE 56. Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. 1913.
| Business. | No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Employees. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. (Males and Females.) | Men. | Totals. | |||
| Boot-making | 99 (39) | 108(39) | 3 | _ | 240 (55) | 243 (55) |
| Corset-making | 10 (1) | 10(1) | 15 (1) | – | – | 15(1) |
| Dressmaking | 355 (33) | 704 (40) | 1,987 (70) | 469 (35) | _ | 2,456 (105) |
| Furriers | 10 | 18 | 24 | _ | 24 | 48 |
| Mantle-making | 7(2) | 7 (2) | 21 (3) | 2 (2) | _ | 23 (5) |
| Millinery | 44 (1) | 46 (1) | 160 (1) | 21 | 181 (1) | |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 22 (2) | 44 (2) | 145 (2) | 40 | _ | 185 (2) |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 48 (34) | 50(34) | 99 (38) | 6 | 105 (38) | |
| Tailoring | 206 (102) | 252 (122) | 215 (43) | 18 (3) | 475 (90) | 708 (136) |
| „ Ladies' | 34 (10) | 50 (10) | 53 (10) | – | 136 | 189 (10) |
| Various | 12 (8) | 13 (8) | 23 (8) | – | 6 | 29 (8) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 15 (12) | 20 (12) | 43 (30) | 15 (15) | — | 58 (45) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving Offices | 18 | 26 | 46 | – | – | 46 |
| Laundries | 102 (8) | 272 (8) | 845 (8) | — | 75 | 920 (8) |
| ,, —Receiving Offices | 28 | 33 | 42 | — | – | 42 |
| Blind-making | 6 | 14 | 25 | _ | 47 | 72 |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 25 | 46 | 62 | 18 | 356 | 436 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 14 | 34 | – | – | 290 | 290 |
| Chaff-cutting | 12 | 18 | _ | _ | 30 | 30 |
| Cycle and Motor Works | 69 | 120 | – | – | 663 | 663 |
| Farriers and General Smiths | 24 | 29 | – | – | 76 | 76 |
| Florists | 16 | 22 | 80 | 10 | 15 | 105 |
| Jewellery and Clock-repairing | 12 | 16 | – | — | 35 | 35 |
| Metal-working | 21 | 36 | — | — | 170 | 170 |
| Saddlery | 9 | 10 | — | — | 28 | 28 |
| Trunk-making and Repairing | 11 | 12 | — | — | 32 | 32 |
| Umbrella-making | 7 (1) | 7 (1) | 7(1) | — | 3 | 10 (1) |
| Undertaking | 11 (2) | 18 (3) | 1(1) | — | 120 | 121 (1) |
| Upholstery | 58 (29) | 90 (39) | 88 (33) | _ | 136 | 224 (33) |
| Wig-making and Hair-work | 19 | 26 | 30 | — | 59 | 89 |
| Various | 97 (10) | 120 (20) | 170 (10) | 30 | 656 (7) | 856 (17) |
| 1,421 (294) | 2,271 (342) | 4,184 (259) | 629 (55) | 3,672 (152) | 8,485 (466) | |