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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 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 with Mechanical Power. | Factories without Mechanical Power. | Workplaces. | ||
| Wearing apparel | 104 | 146 | 127 | 377 |
| Bootmaking | 1 | 2 | 60 | 63 |
| Embroidery | 6 | 4 | 32 | 42 |
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 2 | 82 | 89 |
| Totals | 116 | 154 | 301 | 571 |
4.—List of Factories and Workplaces.
| Nature of Work. | Factories with Mechanical Power. | Factories without Mechanical Power. | Workplaces (including Outworkers). | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bakehouses | 69 | 78 | — | 147 |
| Cabinet makers | 56 | 55 | — | 111 |
| Coach builders | 19 | 15 | l | 35 |
| Dressmakers | 127 | 82 | 16 | 225 |
| Engineers | 223 | 35 | — | 258 |
| Foundries | 13 | — | — | 13 |
| Furniture makers | 14 | 20 | — | 34 |
| Furriers | 10 | 12 | 2 | 24 |
| Laundries | 14 | — | 60 | 74 |
| Metal workers | 42 | 34 | — | 76 |
| Milliners | 4 | 9 | — | 13 |
| Organ builders | 8 | 3 | — | 11 |
| Pianoforte manufacturers | 40 | 8 | 1 | 49 |
| Printing | 84 | 6 | — | 90 |
| Restaurant kitchens | — | — | 304 | 304 |
| Tailors | 59 | 231 | 109 | 399 |
| Upholsterers | 15 | 32 | — | 47 |
| Wood carvers | 9 | 9 | — | 18 |
| Other occupations | 617 | 472 | 329 | 1418 |
| Totals | 1423 | 1101 | 822 | 3346 |