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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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WORKSHOP SUPERVISION.
TABLE 43.
Factories, Workshops, and Workplaces. 1914.
| Business. | No. of Premises. | No. of Rooms. | Employees. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. (Males and Females.) | Men. | Totals. | |||
| Boot-making | 99(67) | 108(67) | — | - | 218(67) | 218(67) |
| Corset-making | 12(3) | 13(3) | 14(3) | — | — | 14(3) |
| Dressmaking | 348(42) | 700(42) | 1,099(42) | 320(33) | — | 1,419(75) |
| Furriers | 9(2) | 18(2) | 13(2) | — | 26 | 39(2) |
| Mantle-making | 7(6) | 7(6) | 10(6) | — | — | 10(6) |
| Millinery | 45(4) | 45(4) | 60(4) | 11(2) | — | 71(6) |
| Millinery and Dressmaking | 24 | 46 | 88 | 38 | — | 126 |
| Outfitting and Plain Needlework | 47(28) | 49(28) | 176(28) | - | - | 176(28) |
| Tailoring | 207(111) | 253(132) | 60(40) | 12 | 360113) | 432(153) |
| „ Ladies' | 38(10) | 52(10) | 26(5) | - | 80 | 106(5) |
| Various | 15(12) | 15(12) | 15(12) | - | 3 | 18(12) |
| Embroidery and Art Needlework | 13(9) | 18(9) | 25(16) | 11(11) | — | 36(27) |
| Dyers and Cleaners' Receiving Offices | 17(2) | 24(2) | 24(2) | - | _ | 24(2) |
| Laundries | 101(4) | 270(4) | 806(4) | — | 35 | 841(4) |
| „ Receiving Offices | 28(2) | 33(2) | 33(2) | - | - | 33(2) |
| Blind-making | 7 | 14 | 10 | - | 13 | 23 |
| Bookbinding and Printing | 24 | 45 | 45 | 18 | 258 | 321 |
| Carpentry and Joinery | 15 | 35 | — | — | 130 | 130 |
| Chaff-cutting | 11 | 17 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| Cycle and Motor Works | 76 | 124 | — | — | 590 | 590 |
| Farriers and General Smiths | 24 | 29 | — | — | 70 | 70 |
| Florists | 16 | 22 | 55 | 10 | 12 | 77 |
| Jewellery and Clock-repairing | 12(2) | 16(2) | - | — | 30(2) | 30(2) |
| Metal-working | 23 | 40 | - | — | 100 | 100 |
| Saddlery | 9 | 10 | — | — | 20 | 20 |
| Trunk-making and Repairing | 14 | 15 | - | - | 11 | 11 |
| Umbrella-making | 8(2) | 8(2) | 6(2) | - | 2 | 8(2) |
| Undertaking | 9(2) | 16(2) | 1(1) | - | 98 | 99(1) |
| Upholstery | 57(19) | 88(29) | 120(29) | - | 120 | 240(29) |
| Wig-making and Hair-work | 19 | 26 | 20 | - | 26 | 46 |
| Various | 112(10) | 126(12) | 150(12) | 25 | 450(12) | 625(24) |
| 1,446(337) | 2,282(370) | 2,856(210) | 445 (46) | 2,672 (194) | 5,973(450) | |