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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
Shoreditch 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s 131) at the enil of the year. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | ||
| (l) | Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades | 783 | |
| (a) Cabinet making 491 (b) French Polishing 79 | |||
| (c) Upholstery 44 (d) Other workers 169 | |||
| (2) | Dress | 197 | |
| (a) Tailoring 73 (e) Shirt making 6 | |||
| (b) Mantles 10 (f) Boot & Shoe trades 49 | |||
| (c) Dress 13 (g) Artificial Flowers 6 | |||
| (d) Millinery 15 (h) Other workers25 | |||
| (3) | Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 58 | |
| (a) Furriers 10 (b) Saddlery & Harness 21 | |||
| (c) Feathers 2 (d) Other workers27 | |||
| (4) | Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 57 | |
| (a) Box & bag makers 38 (b) Other workers 19 | |||
| (5) | Laundry and Washing | 34 | |
| (6) | Food | 7 | |
| (7) | Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 55 | |
| (8) | Precious melals, jewels, &c | 2 | |
| (9) | Other trades than those mentioned above | 61 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1254 | ||
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which at the end of the
year was 73.
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | N umber. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories :— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 133) | Nil. | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H. M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 32 referring to |
| 61 workshops | ||
| Reports (of action taken) tent to H.M. Inspector. | 9 referring to 61 workshops | |
| Other | — | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) : — | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | Nil. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 42 | |