London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1955
[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.