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Shoreditch 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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101
Rag Flock Acts, 1911 and 1928.
During the year 31 samples of rag flock were submitted to the Analyst and were
found to comply with the legal standard of not more than 30 parts of chlorine per
100,000. The amount of chlorine present varied from 4.0 to 28.1, the average being
12.3 per 100,000.
FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901.
Factories are dealt with by H.M. Inspectors of Factories and workshops by
the Officers of the Borough Council. Certain sanitary defects, occurring in factories
are however, only remediable under the Public Health Act, and these are referred
by H.M. Inspectors to the Health Department.
The number of workshops, exclusive of bakehouses, on the register at the end
of 1933 was 1,564. The number added to the register during the year under
consideration was 44, the number removed was 63, and the number on the register at
the end of 1934 was 1,545.
A classification of the workshops on the register at the end of the year is contained
in the following table:—

Table: Registered Workshops—1934.

Registered Workshops—1934.

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.1,050
(a) Cabinet making610(c) Upholstery127
(b) French polishing177(d) Other workers136 . .
(2) Dress......167
(a) Tailoring75(e) Shirt making
(b) Mantles8(f) Boot and shoe trades25
(c) Dress ...14(g) Artificial flowers3
(d) Millinery7(h) Other workers35
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades...47
(a) Furriers18(c) Feathers1
(b) Saddlery and Harness10(d) Other workers18.
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades37
(a) Box and bag makers31(b) Other workers6
(5) Laundry and washing......3
(6) Food......10
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances...82
(8) Precious metals, jewels, &c....1
(9) Other trades than those mentioned above...148
Total number of workshops on Register...1,545

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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 48, including 37 factory bakehouses.