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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
Beckenham 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Beckenham]
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IV.—REGISTERED WORKSHOPS.
| Workshops on the Register (S. 131) at the end of the year. | Number of Shops. | Number of Workers. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Males. | Females | ||
| Bakehouses | 17 | 38 | 3 |
| Bootmaking and Repairing | 15 | 26 | ... |
| Brass Foundry | 4 | 16 | ... |
| Cabinet Making | 3 | 4 | ... |
| Carpentering | 14 | 20 | ... |
| Cement Fixing | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Cycle Making and Repairing | 6 | 12 | ... |
| Dressmaking | 20 | 2 | 50 |
| Firewood Dealing | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Fitting | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Forage | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Glass Signs | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Glazers—Lead | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Gunsmiths | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Harness Making | 1 | 5 | ... |
| Hairdressing | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Ironmongery | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Joinery | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Laundry Work | 43 | 1 | 62 |
| Millinery | 4 | ... | 10 |
| Mineral Water Manufacturing | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Motor Engineering | 1 | 2 | ... |
| Picture Frame Making | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Painting | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Plumbing Work | 8 | 8 | ... |
| Polishing | 2 | 3 | ... |
| Saw Milling | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Shoeing Forge | 2 | 4 | ... |
| Shirt Manufacturing | 1 | 2 | 21 |
| Smithy | 2 | 2 | ... |
| Stone Masonry | 3 | 7 | ... |
| Tailoring | 8 | 7 | 8 |
| Toy Making | 6 | ... | 14 |
| Umbrella Recovering | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Upholstering | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| Watch and Jewellery Repairing | 1 | 3 | ... |
| Zinc Working | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Total number of Workshops on Register | 186 | 188 | 179 |
| 367 | |||