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Shoreditch 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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129
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 1936 was 1,575. The number added to the register during the year under consideration
was 34, the number removed was 171, and the number on the register at
the end of 1937 was 1,438.
A classification of the workshops on the register at the end of the year is contained
in the following table:—

Table: REGISTERED WORKSHOPS 1937Table No. 108

REGISTERED WORKSHOPS 1937

Table No. 108

Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
(1) Furniture, woodwork, fitting and other branches of the furniture trades975
(a) cabinet making548(c) upholstery117
(b) french polishing172(d) other workers138
(2) Dress152
(a) tailoring70(e) shirt making—
(b) mantles4(f) boot and shoe trades22
(c) dress17(g) artificial flowers2
(d) millinery9(h) other workers28
(3) Skin, leather, hair and feather trades48
(a) furriers20(c) feathers1
(b) saddlery and harness12(d) other workers15
(4) Paper, printing, book, stationery and fancy goods trades30
(a) box and bag makers26(b) other workers4
(5) Laundry and washing1
(6) Food10
(7) Metals, machines, implements and conveyances72
(8) Precious metals, jewels, etc.1
(9) Trades other than those mentioned above149
Total number of workshops on register1,438

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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 42, including 35 factory bakehouses.