London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Richmond upon Thames 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
This page requires JavaScript
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 –