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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At the end of the year there were 160 factories on the register (146 mechanical and 14 non-mechanical) carrying on the following trades: —
Mechanical. | Non-Mechanical. | |
---|---|---|
Artificial wreaths, etc | 2 | — |
Bakeries | 10 | — |
Boat Repairs | 1 | 1 |
Boilermakers | 2 | — |
Boot-making and Repairing | 9 | — |
Building | 1 | 3 |
Butchers | 3 | — |
Clothing | 2 | — |
Coach Building | 7 | — |
Dressmaking | 10 | 3 |
Electrical Instruments, etc. | 8 | — |
Engineering | 21 | — |
Furniture and Upholstery | 8 | 3 |
Joiners | 4 | — |
Laundering and Cleaning | 4 | — |
Milk Pasteurising | 2 | — |
Motor Vehicle repairing | 24 | — |
Printing | 7 | — |
Saw Mills | 2 | |
Tailoring | 2 | 2 |
Wallpaper manufacture | 2 | - |
Miscellaneous Trades | 15 | 2 |
146 | 14 |
101 visits of inspection were made to the premises outlined above
and the following defective conditions were remedied: —
Want of cleanliness to Factory walls, etc –
Inadequate ventilation of Factories –
Ineffective drainage of Factory floors –