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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

Willesden 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Willesden]

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Table: Table No. 38.

Table No. 38.

Description of Defects, etc.Factory Laundries.Workshop Laundries.Domestic Laundries.Dressmakers.Miscellaneous Workshops.Outworkers.Bakehouses.Total.Description of Work or Occupation carried on by-Miscellaneous Workshops.Miscellaneous Outworkers.Total.
No. Inspected6085338515116169644
Want of Cleanliness161941914530107Tailors293766
Want of Ventilation————-———Dressmakers—1212
Overcrowding—2—22——6Bootmakers351752
Sanitary Accommodlation Insufficient————1——1Blousemakers—99
Sanitary Accommodlation Unsuitable or Defective1215215141463Cabinet Makers14—14
Sanitary Accommodlation Not Separate for Sexes1——————1Seamstresses35457
Other Nuisances355095021313181Upholsterers5813
Failure to Affix Abstract319—6———28Wearing Apparel
No. of Males employed1658114227524197758Cleaners—99
No. of Females employed11504788650012588—2,427Metal Workers7—7
Total No. of Persons employed13155591005024001121973,185Cycle Makers15—15
No. of Workshops discontinued—1562710424104Miscellaneous461561
Workshops Re-visited42661038605—221
, Re-inspected1914122——2976
Rooms Measured292552529——113
Space Notice sent6265311381Totals154161315