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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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4.—Registered Workshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | ||
| (I) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades | 733 | ||
| (a) Cabinet making 428 | (b) French Polishing | 76 | | |
| (c) Upholstery 56 | (d) Other workers | 173 | |
| (2) Dress | 178 | ||
| (a) Tailoring 78 | (e) Shirt making | 4 | |
| (b) Mantles 10 | (f) Boot & Shoe trades | 39 | |
| (c) Dress 9 | (g) Artificial Flowers | 7 | |
| (d) Millinery l5 | (h) Other workers | 16 | |
| (3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 54 | ||
| (a) Furriers 5 | (b) Saddlery & Harness | 24 | |
| (c) Feathers 3 | (d) Other workers | 22 | |
| (4) l'aper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 55 | ||
| (a) Box & bag makers 36 | (b) Other workers | 19 | |
| (o) Laundry and Washing | 26 | ||
| (6) Food | 4 | ||
| (7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 55 | ||
| (8) Precious metals, jewels, &c | o | ||
| (9 Other trades than those mentioned above | 66 | ||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1173 | ||
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in use at the end of the
year was 71, including 6 factory bakehouses.
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to II.M. Inspector of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 133) | 3 | |
| 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 | 37 (referring to 66 workshops) |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | 10 (referring to 66 workshops) | |
| Other | 1 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101): — | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | Nil. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 42 | |