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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
Islington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1912] 218
The visits to the various trade premises were as follows :—284 factories, 1,302 workshops, 203 workplaces, 536 bakehouses, 16 restaurant kitchens, 136 outworkers' premises, and 1,787 miscellaneous.
| No. of Workshops. | No. of Workshops. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial flower makers | 5 | Fire escape maker | 1 |
| Automatic machine makers | 3 | File cutter | 1 |
| Bakers | 241 | Fish cleaner | 1 |
| Builders | 9 | Fish curers | 2 |
| Blacksmiths | 6 | French polishers | 2 |
| Basket maker | 1 | Fancy goods makers | 2 |
| Blind makers | 4 | Gun maker | 1 |
| Brush makers | 8 | Glove maker | 1 |
| Bamboo cane makers | 2 | Glass engravers | 2 |
| Baloon maker | 1 | Glass worker | 1 |
| Billiard table maker | 1 | Harness maker | 7 |
| Boot polish makers | 2 | Hat shape makers | 4 |
| Bust makers | 4 | Hair workers | 2 |
| Bedding maker | 1 | Iron plate worker | 1 |
| Confectioners | 6 | Imitation marble works | 1 |
| Cycle makers | 16 | Instrument maker (brass) | 1 |
| Cabinet makers | 28 | Japanner | 1 |
| Coppersmiths | 1 | Jewel case makers | 2 |
| Camera makers | 2 | Leather goods makers | 7 |
| Cardbox-box makers | 5 | Ladder makers, etc | 2 |
| Cap maker | 1 | Limelight works | 1 |
| Clay pipe maker | 1 | Lamp makers | 4 |
| Cork cutter | 1 | Laundry | 1 |
| Coopers | 2 | Marquetaire workers | 2 |
| Cloth shrinker | 1 | Marking ink maker | 1 |
| Corset maker | 1 | Mineral water sundries | X |
| Cattle food maker | 1 | Marble masons | 3 |
| Carpenters | 2 | Metal workers | 2 |
| Coach painters | 1 | Machine maker | 1 |
| Carpet maker | 1 | Musical string makers | 2 |
| Coomb mounting | 1 | Mica goods maker | 1 |
| Cork helmet maker | 1 | Motor works | 6 |
| Dairy can maker | 1 | Mantle makers | 6 |
| Dentist | 1 | Machine ruler | 6 |
| Engineers | 7 | Organ makers (American) | 2 |
| Exhibition stall fitters | 5 | Pianoforte makers | 40 |
| Embroidery maker | 1 | Plaster block maker | 1 |
| Enamellers | 1 | Plumbers | 4 |
| Engravers | 1 | Perambulator makers | 2 |
| Farriers | 23 | Picture frame makers | 11 |
| Furriers | 47 | Photographers, etc | 5 |
| Fancy brooch maker | 1 | Paper sorters | 2 |
| Feather dressers | 3 | Pea packer | 1 |