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 Shoreditch]
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4.— Registered Workshops—1922.
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 | ||||
993 | ||||
(a) Cabinet making | 589 | (b) French polishing | 92 | |
(c) Upholstery | 67 | (d) Other workers | 245 | |
(2) Dress | 162 | |||
(a) Tailoring | 60 | (e) Shirt making | 2 | |
(b) Mantles | 5 | (f) Boot and shoe trades | 28 | |
(c) Dress | 9 | (g) Artificial flowers | 3 | |
(d) Millinery | 3 | (h) Other workers | 52 | |
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 65 | |||
(a) Furriers | 19 | (b) Saddlery and Harness | 12 | |
(c) Feathers | 2 | (d) Other workers | 32 | |
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 57 | |||
(a) Box and bag makers | 40 | (b) Other workers | 17 | |
(5) Laundry and washing | 2 | |||
(6) Food | 14 | |||
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 49 | |||
(8) Precious metals, jewels, &c | 1 | |||
(9) Other trades than those mentioned above | 117 | |||
Total number of workshops on Register | 1,460 |
Note.— A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in
use at the end of the year was 63, including 21 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) | 9 | |
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 51 referring to 25 factories and26 workshops. |
Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Act (s. 5.) | Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | 3 referring to 25 factories and26 workshops. |
Other | 12 | |
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) :— | ||
Certificates granted during the year | Nil. | |
In use at the end of the year | 37 |