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 Hackney]
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Tailored clothes for males and females, i.e., suits, costumes, dresses,
dressing gowns, blouses, shirts, pyjamas and underclothing generally;
engineering and iron foundry work; cardboard and wood boxes; printing;
brushes and lead pencils; leather goods; embroidery; paper, scientific and
surgical instruments; upholstery and upholstery trimmings and paints and
varnishes; also there are several fur skin dressers and dyers and a number
of laundries.
Occupations. | No. of Workshops. | Occupations. | No. of Workshops. |
---|---|---|---|
Artificial Flower Makers | 4 | Millinery | 21 |
Blouses | 1 | Needlework | 2 |
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers or | Tailoring | 54 | |
Machinists | 37 | Ties | 5 |
Children's Costumes | 2 | Trimmings | 2 |
Corsets | 3 | Vests | 2 |
Dressmakers | 25 | Miscellaneous | 3 |
Dressing and Tea Gowns | 1 | ||
Furriers | 22 | 197 | |
Hats | 1 | ||
Mantles | 12 | ||
(b) Other Occupations. | |||
Bakers | 11 | Rubber Goods | 1 |
Box Makers | 7 | Toy Makers | 2 |
Brush Makers | 7 | Upholsterers | 15 |
Cabinet Makers | 35 | Wireless Goods | 3 |
Cycle Makers | 2 | Woodwork | 18 |
Leather Goods | 7 | Miscellaneous | 85 |
Laundries | 5 | ||
Metal Work | 7 | 231 | |
Pianoforte Makers | 7 | ||
Motor Repairs | 19 |
The following tables show the inspections made and the defects found and remedied in the factories and workshops in the Borough:—
I.—INSPECTIONS.
Premises. | Number of | ||
---|---|---|---|
Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |
Factories (including Factory Laundries) | 1880 | 185 | 1 |
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries) | 872 | 99 | |
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises) | 29 | 7 | — |
Total | 2781 | 291 | 1 |