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 171 factories on the register (150 mechanical and 21 non-mechanical) carrying on the following trades: —
Mechanical. | Non-Mechanical | |
---|---|---|
Bakeries | 7 | — |
Boilermakers | 2 | — |
Boot-making and Repairing | 9 | — |
Building | 2 | 1 |
Butchers | 2 | — |
Clothing | 5 | 1 |
Coach Building | 4 | — |
Dressmaking | 8 | 5 |
Electrical Instruments, etc. | 10 | — |
Engineering | 24 | — |
Furniture and Upholstery | 8 | 6 |
Joiners | 9 | 2 |
Laundering and Cleaning | 4 | 1 |
Motor Vehicle repairing | 24 | — |
Packing Goods | 3 | — |
Printing | 9 | — |
Tailoring | 1 | 2 |
Watches and Jewellery | 4 | 1 |
Miscellaneous Trades | 15 | 2 |
150 | 21 |
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.