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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 1922

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: 4.— Registered Workshops—1922.

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 making589(b) French polishing92
(c) Upholstery67(d) Other workers245
(2) Dress162
(a) Tailoring60(e) Shirt making2
(b) Mantles5(f) Boot and shoe trades28
(c) Dress9(g) Artificial flowers3
(d) Millinery3(h) Other workers52
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades65
(a) Furriers19(b) Saddlery and Harness12
(c) Feathers2(d) Other workers32
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades57
(a) Box and bag makers40(b) Other workers17
(5) Laundry and washing2
(6) Food14
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances49
(8) Precious metals, jewels, &c1
(9) Other trades than those mentioned above117
Total number of workshops on Register1,460

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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.

Table: 5.— Other Matters.

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 theNotified by H.M. Inspector51 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.
Other12
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) :—
Certificates granted during the yearNil.
In use at the end of the year37