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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
Islington 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington]
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57 [1934
Registers. —There were 2,695 workshops on the Registers as contrasted
with 2,658 in 1933, while the total number of workrooms were 3,804, as compared
with 3,756 in the previous year; 118 workshops were added to the Registers, while
80 were removed from them.
The various workshops and workplaces are tabulated as below:—
| Workshops and Workplaces. | 1934. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total Workshops on Register. | Total Workrooms on Register. | Number added during Year. | Number removed during Year, | |
| Workshops where Men are employed | 1.286 | 2,015 | 42 | 29 |
| Workshops where Women are employed | 506 | 797 | 29 | 29 |
| Laundries | 36 | 46 | — | 1 |
| Bakehouses | 234 | 250 | 1 | 1 |
| Restaurant Kitchens | 537 | 600 | 40 | 19 |
| Other Workplaces | 96 | 96 | 6 | 1 |
| Total | 2,695 | 3,804 | 118 | 80 |
| Outworkers' Premises | 3,471 | - | 399 | 388 |
Workshops Notified to Home Office during Year 1934.
| Trade. | Number of Workshops. | Women. | Male Young Persons. | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dressmaking | 15 | 40 | - | 40 |
| Chemists' Sundries | 1 | 17 | - | 17 |
| Tailoring | 5 | - | 5 | |
| Printing | 1 | 4 | - | 4 |
| Surgical Glass | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Millinery | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Artificial Florists | 1 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Toys | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Handbags | 9 | — | 9 | |
| Mica Goods | 1 | 52 | - | 52 |
| Blouses | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Quilts | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Ties | 1 | 6 | - | 6 |
| Total | 30 | 141 | — | 141 |
INSPECTION OF FACTORIES, WORKSHOPS AND WORKPLACES. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
| Premises. (1) | Inspections. (2) | Number of WrittenNotices (3) | Prosecutions. (4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Factories (Including Factory Laundries) | 948 | 150 | 2 |
| Workshops (Including Workshop Laundries) | 740 | 111 | - |
| Workplaces | 1,412 | 118 | - |
| (Other than Outworkers' premises) Miscellaneous Re-Inspections and calls | 6,478 | 27 | - |
| Total | 9,578 | 406 | 2 |