London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Wandsworth 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Factories and Workshops.
TABLE XXI.
DETAILS OF REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register at the end of the year. | Number. |
|---|---|
| (1) | (2) |
| Clothing | 175 |
| Smiths and Motor Engineers | 90 |
| Bootmakers | 86 |
| Builders and Contractors | 49 |
| Hairdressers | 42 |
| Laundries | 29 |
| Upholsterers and Furniture Makers | 29 |
| Carpenters | 19 |
| Metal Workers | 18> |
| Other | 139 |
| Total number of Workshops on register | 676 |
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| Nature of Work. | Outworkers lists received from Employers. | Notices served on occupiers as to keeping or sending lists. | Premises unwholesome | Premises infected. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Instances. | Notices served. | Instances. | |||
| Contractors. | Workmen. | ||||||
| 24 | — | ||||||
| _ | – | — | |||||
| — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | |||||||
The number of outworkers' addresses received from other
Councils was 288, and 164 addresses were forwarded to other
Authorities.