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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Nature of Business. | Number of Workshops. | Number of Workrooms | Number of Women employed. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dressing-gown making | 2 | 3 | 13 |
| Exhibition stall fitting | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Fancy shade making | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Frilling making | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Hassock making | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| Ink making | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Surgical instrument making | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Tea gown making | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| Toy making | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| Waistcoat making | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Waterproof making | 2 | 3 | 61 |
| Wreath case making | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Back support making | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Balloon making | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Blind making | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Box lining | 1 | 7 | 13 |
| Brace making | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Button making | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Cabinet making | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Camera bellows making | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Cap making | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Carpet planning | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Chemists sundries making | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Collar and cuff making | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Comb mounting | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Cork Cutting | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Dolls' hair making | 1 | 7 | 12 |
| Dough weighing | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Engineering | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Fancy glass work | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Fancy neckwear | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Framing | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| French polishing | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fruit preserving | 1 | 1 | 35 |
| Funeral fnrnishing | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| Fur lining | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Gold beater's skin making | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Gold chain making | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Grease proofing | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Housemaids' cap and apron making | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Housemaids' dress making | 1 | 3 | 23 |
| Imitation fur work | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Imitation marble making | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| Japanning | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Jewellers' case making | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kite making | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Lace curtain making | 1 | 2 | 12 |