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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
Richmond upon Thames 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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Factories Act, 1937.
At the end of the year there were 200 factories on the register (146 mechanical and 54 non-mechanical) carrying on the following trades:—
| Mechanical. | Non-Mechanical. | |
|---|---|---|
| Artificial wreathes, etc | 1 | — |
| Bakeries | 10 | — |
| Boat Repairs | 1 | 1 |
| Boot-making and Repairing | 11 | 4 |
| Box-making | 1 | 1 |
| Building | 11 | 8 |
| Butchers | — | |
| Carpet-repairing | — | 1 |
| Clothing | 4 | — |
| Dressmaking | 4 | 8 |
| Electrical Instruments | 4 | — |
| Engineering | 14 | 2 |
| Furniture and Upholstery | 3 | 7 |
| Furriers | — | 2 |
| Gas Storage | 1 | — |
| Glue-making | 1 | — |
| Jewellery Repairs ... | 1 | 2 |
| Joiners | 6 | 1 |
| Laundering and Cleaning | 4 | 1 |
| Millinery | — | 1 |
| Milk Pasteurising | — | |
| Motor Vehicle repairing | 26 | — |
| Photography (Printing and Developing) | 3 | — |
| Printing | 5 | 1 |
| Sausage-making | 3 | — |
| Saw Mills | 2 | — |
| Tailoring | 2 | 8 |
| Undertaking | 1 | — |
| Welding | 2 | — |
| Wheelwright and Coach Building | 6 | — |