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 Willesden]
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Table No. 42.
Description of Defects, &c. | Factory Laundries. | Workshop Laundries. | Domestic Laundries. | Dress-makers. | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Out-workers. | Total. | Description of Work or Occupation carried on by— | Miscellaneous Workshops. | Outworkers. | Total. | |
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No. Inspected | 23 | 96 | 34 | 91 | 55 | 52 | 351 | Tailors | 12 | 20 | 32 | |
Want of Cleanliness | 5 | 33 | 18 | 6 | .. | Dressmakers | .. | 13 | 13 | |||
Want of Ventilation | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | Bootmakers | 13 | 2 | 15 | ||||
Overcrowding | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | Blousemakers | 6 | 6 | |||||
Sanitary Accommodation | Insufficient | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | Cabinet-makers | 4 | .. | 4 | |
Unsuitable or Defective | .. | 10 | 2 | .. | 4 | 1 | 17 | Seamstresses | .. | 4 | 4 | |
Not separate for Sexes | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | Milliners | 9 | 9 | ||
Other Nuisances | 19 | 9 | 9 | 3 | .. | 42 | Upholsterers | |||||
Failure to affix Abstract | 15 | .. | 4 | 19 | Masons | 3 | 3 | |||||
No. of Males employed | 32 | 48 | 171 | 251 | Cycle-makers | 4 | 4 | |||||
No. of Females employed | 302 | 758 | 51 | 63 | 1,598 | Glove Cleaners | 2 | 2 | ||||
Total No. of Persons employed | 334 | 806 | 402 | 222 | 63 | 1,849 | Various | 10 | 3 | 13 | ||
No. of Workshops discontinued.. | 16 | 7 | 23 | |||||||||
Total | 55 | 52 | 107 |