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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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1925]
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The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below :
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1925. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year. | |
| Workshops where Men are employed | 055 | 1,456 | 114 | 154 |
| Workshops where Women arc employed | 507 | 784 | 64 | 27 |
| Laundries | 42 | 53 | Nil | Nil |
| Bakehouses | 235 | 244 | Nil | 1 |
| Kestaurant Kitchens | 412 | 456 | 28 | 11 |
| Other Workplaces ... | 43 | 43 | Nil | Nil |
| Total | 2,194 | 3,036 | 206 | 193 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 2.868 | - | 617 | 392 |
Workshops Notified to Home Office, 1925.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Protected Employed Persons. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Male Young Persons. | Total. | ||
| Dressmaking | 18 | 80 | _ | 80 |
| Dress Stands | I | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Hat Ornaments | 1 | 3 | _ | 3 |
| Brushes (Artists) | 1 | 20 | — | 20 |
| Costumes ... | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Sports Outfits | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Corrugated Paper | 1 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Tailoring | 6 | 8 | — | 8 |
| Lamp Shades | 1 | fi | — | 6 |
| Trunk Making | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Millinery | 4 | 17 | — | 17 |
| Embroidery | 2 | 10 | — | 10 |
| Furrier | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8 |
| Boudoir Caps | 1 | 5 | — | 5 |
| Artificial Florist | 1 | 14 | — | 14 |
| Art Needlework | 1 | 4 | _ | 4 |
| Mantles | 3 | 10 | _ | 10 |
| Perambulators | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Coathangers | 1 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Boxes | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Shoes | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Cat Whiskers | 1 | 5 | _ | 5 |
| Engineer's Pattern Making | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Wireless Parts | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Piano Making | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Packing Cases | 1 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Wire Workers | 1 | — | 4 | 4 |
| Table Making | 1 | — | 1 | 1 |
| Shoe Trees | 1 | 6 | — | 6 |
| Total | 60 | 223 | 13 | 236 |
Inspection of Factories, Workshops and Workplaces.
| Premises. | Number of | |||
| Inspections. | WrittenNotices | Prosecutions. | ||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
| Factories | 72s | 71 | 1 | |
| (Including Factory Laundries) | Total | |||
| Workshops | 1,095 | 110 | 2 | Fines |
| (Including Workshop Laundries) | and | |||
| Workplaces | 1,314 | 108 | 1 | Costs, |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises) | £22 16s. | |||
| Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 4,769 | — | — | |
| Total | 7,906 | 289 | 4 | |