London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Leyton 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

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Manufacture of ether sprays 1
,, „ wooden boxes 2
„ ,, mats 1
,, ,, drawing instruments 1
Dressmaking 33
Millinery 16
Tailoring and alteration of costumes 26
Art-needlework and embroideries 2
Corset-making 1
Bakehouses 44
Laundries 15
Cabinet-making, &c. 5
Shop-fitting 1
Picture framing 1
Stonemason 1
Fixing leaden seals 1
Brick-building 1
Chopping firewood 5
Rag-sorting 3
Cycle repairing and motor works 3
Wheelwrights 4
Wire-workers 3
Printing and book-binding 4
Sheet steel and asbestos works 1
Cork-cutting 1
Manufacture of military water bottles 1
303
66 workshops have been removed from the register during
the year, and of these 37 are closed entirely. In 15 cases the
occupiers re-opened at another address in the district, and in 14
instances it was found that the occupiers had left the neighbourhood.
As required by Section 133 of this Act, we notified H.M.
Inspector of Factories of 27 occupiers of workshops who had