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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

St Pancras 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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Table: The following table gives the number and type of outworkers' premises in the Borough and the principal industries concerned :—

The following table gives the number and type of outworkers' premises in the Borough and the principal industries concerned :—

Nature of Work.Nature of Premises.Total.
Factories.Workshops.Workplaces.
Wearing apparel26273200499
Bootmaking2—106108
Embroidery—33235
Miscellaneous182736
Totals29284365678

Table: 4.—List of Factories, Workshops (Registered, Sec. 131) and Workplaces.

4.—List of Factories, Workshops (Registered, Sec. 131) and Workplaces.

Nature of Work.Factories.Workshops.Workplaces (including Outworkers).Total.
Bakehouses6489—153
Cabinet makers5467—121
Coach builders2217—39
Dressmakers6511623204
Engineers20834—242
Foundries15——15
Furniture makers1120—31
Furriers613120
Laundries106—16
Metal workers3335—68
Milliners—15217
Organ builders73—10
Pianoforte manufacturers4119161
Printing7111—82
Restaurant kitchens——289289
Tailors13227142382
Upholsterers437243
Wood carvers318—21
Other occupations5055113711387
Totals113212388313201