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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 1908

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: 4.—Registered Workshops.

4.—Registered Workshops.

Workshops oil the Register (s 131) at the end of the year.Number.
(1)(2)
(1) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades728
(a) Cabinet making 424 (b) French Polishing 77
(c) Upholstery 52 (d) Other workers 175
(2) Dress165
(a) Tailoring 67 (e) Shirt making 4
(b) Mantles 5 (f) Boot & Shoe trades "9
(c) Dress 9 (g) Artificial Flowers 7
(d) Millinery 18 (h) Other workers 16
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades59
(a) Furriers 5 (b) Saddlery & Harness 24
(c) Feathers 4 (d) Other workers. 26
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades59
(a) Box & bag makers 37 (b) Other workers 22
(5) Laundry and Washing30
(6) Food4
'7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances59
8) Precious metals, jewels, &co
(9) Other trades than those mentioned above77
Total number of workshops on Register1183

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Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which at the end of the
year was 73, including 4 factory bakehouses.

Table: 5.—Other Matters.

5.—Other Matters.

Class. (1)Number. (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 ........../ referring to \ \48 workshops/
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector.g / referring to \ \4S workshops/
—
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) : —
Nil.
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