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

View report page

Leyton 1915

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Leyton]

This page requires JavaScript

21
Manufacture of ether sprays 1
„ „ wooden boxes 1
„ „ mats 1
„ „ drawing instruments 6
Dressmaking 40
Millinery 12
Tailoring and alteration of costumes 18
Art-needlework and embroideries 3
Corset-making 1
Bakehouses 40
Laundries 15
Cabinet-making, &c. 5
Shop-fitting 1
Picture framing 1
Opticians 1
Chopping firewood 7
Rag-sorting 3
Cycle repairing and motor works 4
Wheelwrights and carriage painter 3
Printing and book-binding 3
Sheet steel and asbestos works 1
Glass-cutting 1
Cork-cutting 1
Manufacture of military clothing, &c. 5
Making firelighters 2
Furriers 2
307
71 workshops have been removed from the register during
the year, and of these 37 are closed entirely. In 16 cases the
occupiers re-opened at another address in the district, and in 18
instances it was found that the occupiers had left the neighbourhood.
As required by Section 133 of this Act, H.M. Inspector of
Factories was informed of 33 occupiers of workshops who had