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Richmond upon Thames 1955

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Factories Act, 1937.

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, etc2
Bakeries9
Boat Repairs1
Boilermakers2
Boot-making and Repairing9
Building22
Butchers3
Clothing2
Coach Building5
Cycle Repairs11
Dressmaking104
Electrical Instruments, etc.7
Engineering19
Furniture and Upholstery105
Joiners72
Laundering and Cleaning4
Milk Pasteurising2
Motor Vehicle repairing22
Packing Goods2
Printing6
Saw Mills2
Tailoring23
Toys3
Wallpaper manufacture1
Watch repairs11
Miscellaneous Trades10
14319

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.