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 162 factories on the register (143 mechanical and 19 non-mechanical) carrying on the following trades :—-
Mechanical. | Non-Mechanical. | |
---|---|---|
Artificial wreaths, etc | 2 | — |
Bakeries | 9 | — |
Boat Repairs | — | 1 |
Boilermakers | 2 | — |
Boot-making and Repairing | 9 | — |
Building | 2 | 2 |
Butchers | 3 | — |
Clothing | 2 | — |
Coach Building | 5 | — |
Cycle Repairs | 1 | |
Dressmaking | 10 | 4 |
Electrical Instruments, etc. | 7 | — |
Engineering | 19 | — |
Furniture and Upholstery | 10 | 5 |
Joiners | 7 | 2 |
Laundering and Cleaning | 4 | — |
Milk Pasteurising | 2 | — |
Motor Vehicle repairing | 22 | — |
Packing Goods | 2 | — |
Printing | 6 | — |
Saw Mills | 2 | — |
Tailoring | 2 | 3 |
Toys | 3 | — |
Wallpaper manufacture | 1 | — |
Watch repairs | 1 | 1 |
Miscellaneous Trades | 10 | — |
143 | 19 |
In addition, 10 premises were recorded for the purpose of
Section 7 of the Act (suitability of sanitary accommodation) being
Institutions or sites of Building Operations.