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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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4.—Registered W orkshops.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |||||
| (1) | (2) | |||||
| (1) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades | 722 | |||||
| (a) Cabinet making | 432 | (b) | French Polishing | 79 | ||
| (c) Upholstery .... | 58 | (d) | Other workers | 153 | ||
| (2) Dress | 189 | |||||
| (a) Tailoring | 86 | (0 | Shirt making | 8 | ||
| (b) Mantles | 12 | (f) | Boot & Shoe trades | 35 | ||
| (c) Dress | 8 | (g) | Artificial Flowers | 8 | ||
| (d) Millinery | 14 | (h) | Other workers | 9 | ||
| (3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 53 | |||||
| 9 | (b) | Saddlery & Harness | 23 | |||
| (c) Feathers | 3 | (d) | Other workers | 18 | ||
| (4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 49 | |||||
| (a) Box & bag makers | 32 | (b) | Other workers | 17 | ||
| (5) Laundry and Washing | 26 | |||||
| (6) Fool | 3 | |||||
| (7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 51 | |||||
| (8) Precious metals, jewels, &c | o | |||||
| (9) Other trades than those mentioned above | 57 | |||||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1143 | |||||
Note.—A separate register is kept for bakehouses. On the register there are 75, of which the
number in use at the end of the 3*ear was 69, including 5 factory bakehouses.
5.—Other Matters.
| Class. | Number. | |
| (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 | Nil. 32 (referring to 60 workshops 19 factories.) |
| referring to 60 workshops 19 factories. | ||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | ||
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) : — | ||
| Nil. | ||
| 41 | ||
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