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. 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. |
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No. Inspected | 60 | 85 | 33 | 85 | 151 | 161 | 69 | 644 | ||||
Want of Cleanliness | 16 | 19 | 4 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 30 | 107 | Tailors | 29 | 37 | 66 |
Want of Ventilation | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | Dressmakers | — | 12 | 12 |
Overcrowding | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | Bootmakers | 35 | 17 | 52 |
Sanitary Accommodlation Insufficient | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | Blousemakers | — | 9 | 9 |
Sanitary Accommodlation Unsuitable or Defective | 12 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 63 | Cabinet Makers | 14 | — | 14 |
Sanitary Accommodlation Not Separate for Sexes | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | Seamstresses | 3 | 54 | 57 |
Other Nuisances | 35 | 50 | 9 | 50 | 21 | 3 | 13 | 181 | Upholsterers | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Failure to Affix Abstract | 3 | 19 | — | 6 | — | — | — | 28 | Wearing Apparel | |||
No. of Males employed | 165 | 81 | 14 | 2 | 275 | 24 | 197 | 758 | Cleaners | — | 9 | 9 |
No. of Females employed | 1150 | 478 | 86 | 500 | 125 | 88 | — | 2,427 | Metal Workers | 7 | — | 7 |
Total No. of Persons employed | 1315 | 559 | 100 | 502 | 400 | 112 | 197 | 3,185 | Cycle Makers | 15 | — | 15 |
No. of Workshops discontinued | — | 15 | 6 | 27 | 10 | 42 | 4 | 104 | Miscellaneous | 46 | 15 | 61 |
Workshops Re-visited | 42 | 66 | 10 | 38 | 60 | 5 | — | 221 | ||||
, Re-inspected | 19 | 14 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 29 | 76 | ||||
Rooms Measured | 29 | 25 | 5 | 25 | 29 | — | — | 113 | ||||
Space Notice sent | 6 | 26 | 5 | 31 | 13 | 81 | Totals | 154 | 161 | 315 |