Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lewisham]
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Table 28.
*Workshops (sec. 131) and Workplaces and Workrooms
Class of Work. | No. | Number of Rooms. | Number of Workers Allowed. | Number of Workers Found. | Part Time and Domestic. Workplaces. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Day. | Artificial Light | Overtime. | Men. | Women. | Young Persons | Number. | No. of Rooms. | |||
Dress | 187 | 229 | 1516 | 1337 | 930 | 2 | 657 | 201 | 63 | 63 |
Millinery | 45 | 51 | 276 | 266 | 165 | – | 116 | 49 | 6 | 6 |
Laundry | 74 | 322 | 1047 | 981 | 639 | 32 | 508 | 1 | 108 | 144 |
Tailor | 42 | 45 | 195 | 183 | 124 | 81 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 13 |
Boot | 77 | 78 | 273 | 258 | 172 | 109 | – | 10 | 79 | 79 |
Joiner | 19 | 31 | 532 | 497 | 378 | 57 | – | 10 | 7 | 7 |
Smith | 27 | 30 | 346 | 327 | 244 | 72 | – | 5 | 6 | 6 |
Furrier | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | – | – | – |
Cycles | 19 | 26 | 185 | 165 | 126 | 37 | – | 6 | 12 | 12 |
Coachbuilder | 7 | 16 | 186 | 177 | 135 | 23 | – | 4 | – | – |
Cabinet and Upholsterer | 16 | 24 | 337 | 323 | 238 | 39 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
Blindmaker | 2 | 4 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 3 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Photographer and Picture-framer | 12 | 17 | 75 | 70 | 47 | 13 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 8 |
Jeweller | 12 | 13 | 61 | 53 | 36 | 19 | – | 5 | 20 | 20 |
Piano | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Saddler | 10 | 11 | 54 | 47 | 35 | 18 | – | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Mason | 3 | 4 | 42 | 41 | 28 | 6 | – | 1 | – | – |
Lathrender | 2 | 4 | 22 | 18 | 14 | 8 | – | – | – | – |
Various | 14 | 22 | 148 | 140 | 89 | 25 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 |
Total | 572 | 931 | 5339 | 4925 | 3427 | 549 | 1316 | 324 | 342 | 378 |
Note:—Not including Bakehouses (96), Restaurants (53) and Various
Workplaces (42).