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2o8
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Table XCVI shows the number of factories, workshops,
domestic workshops, and workplaces on the Register at the close
of 1909, the number removed from, the number added during
1910, and the number on the Register at the end of 1910. The
number of workrooms in workshops is also shown.
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The factories and workshops are divided into dressmakers'
and milliners' premises, laundries, and miscellaneous premises;
and the workplaces are divided into laundries and miscellaneous
premises.
Of the 94 factories where women are employed, 72 are
laundries and 22 other factories, while of the total workshops,
viz. :—518, 302 are dressmakers and milliners, 153 laundries and
63 other workshops, an increase of three laundries and seven other
workshops, compared with 1909, but a decrease of 11 dressmakers'
and milliners' premises.
The total number of domestic workshops on the Register was
58 (nine in Clapham, seven in Putney, 22 in Streatham, three in
Tooting, and 17 in Wandsworth), compared with 49 in 1909.
The total number of workplaces on the register is 286, an
increase of 21 compared with 1909, of which 82 are laundries, and
204 miscellaneous premises, chiefly dressmakers and milliners.