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

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Richmond upon Thames 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Factories Act, 1937.

At the end of the year there were 164 factories on the register (144 mechanical and 20 non-mechanical) carrying on the following trades: —

Mechanical.Non-Mechanical
Bakeries8
Boilermakers2
Boot-making and Repairing9
Building21
Butchers2
Clothing5
Coach Building4
Dressmaking85
Electrical Instruments, etc.8
Engineering22
Furniture and Upholstery86
Joiners92
Laundering and Cleaning51
Motor Vehicle repairing22
Packing Goods3
Printing9
Tailoring12
Watches and Jewellery41
Miscellaneous Trades132
14420

In addition, 6 premises were recorded for the purpose of Section
7 of the Act (suitability of sanitary accommodation) being Institutions
or sites of building operations.