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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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4.—Registered Workshops—1924.
| Workshops on the Register(s. 131) at the end of the year.(1) | Number.(2) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (a) Cabinet making | 600 | (b) French polishing | 108 | |
| (c) Upholstery | 61 | (d) Other workers | 254 | |
| (2) Dress | 143 | |||
| (a) Tailoring | 59 | (e) Shirt making | 1 | |
| (b) Mantles | 8 | (f) Boot and shoe trades | 18 | |
| (c) Dress | 5 | (g) Artificial flowers | 3 | |
| (d) Millinery | 5 | (h) Other workers | 44 | |
| (3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades | 63 | |||
| (a) Furriers | 16 | (b) Saddlery and Harness | 9 | |
| (c) Feathers | — | (d) Other workers | 38 | |
| (4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades | 54 | |||
| (a) Box and bag makers | 32 | (b) Other workers | 22 | |
| (5) Laundry and washing | 4 | |||
| (6) Food | 14 | |||
| (7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances | 35 | |||
| (8) Precious metals, jewels, &c. | 3 | |||
| (9) Other trades than those mentioned above | 108 | |||
| Total number of workshops on Register | 1,447 | |||
Note.— A separate register is kept for bakehouses, the number of which in
use at the end of the year was 61, including 25 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). | 1 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Act (s.5.) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 76( referring to 20 factories and workshops.) |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector. | 3(referring to 20 factories and 56 workshops.) | |
| Other | 21 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s.101):— Certificates granted during the year | Nil. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 36 | |