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 Richmond]
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Drains and Sewerage Systems Tested
Hydraulic tests 2
Smoke tests 58
Chemical tests 6
Examinations 58
At the end of the year there were 173 factories on the Register (108 mechanical and 65 non-mechanical), carrying on the following trades:—
Mechanical | Non-mechanical | |
---|---|---|
Artificial wreaths, etc. | 2 | — |
Bakeries | 12 | 2 |
Boat Repairs | 1 | 1 |
Boot-making | 11 | 5 |
Box-making | 1 | |
Building | 4 | 10 |
Butchery | 2 | — |
Carpentry | — | — |
Carpet-repairing | — | 1 |
Clothing | 2 | - |
Dressmaking | 3 | 6 |
Electrical Instruments | 8 | — |
Engineering | 10 | — |
Fire Appliances | 1 | — |
Furniture & Upholstery | — | 5 |
Furriers | — | 2 |
Gas Storage | 1 | — |
Glue-making | 1 | — |
Jewellery Repairs | 1 | — |
Laundering & Cleaning | 4 | 2 |
Motor Engineering | — | — |
Millinery | — | 3 |
Milk Pasteurising | 1 | — |
Motor Vehicle repairing | 13 | 4 |
Printing | 6 | — |
Research Laboratories | — | — |
Sausage-making | 2 | — |