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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

Hackney 1934

[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.

Table: Analysis of Occupations carried on in the Registered Workshops of Hackney.

Analysis of Occupations carried on in the Registered Workshops of Hackney.

Occupations.No. of Workshops.Occupations.No. of Workshops.
Artificial Flower Makers4Millinery21
Blouses1Needlework2
Boot and Shoe Manufacturers orTailoring54
Machinists37Ties5
Children's Costumes2Trimmings2
Corsets3Vests2
Dressmakers25Miscellaneous3
Dressing and Tea Gowns1
Furriers22197
Hats1
Mantles12
(b) Other Occupations.
Bakers11Rubber Goods1
Box Makers7Toy Makers2
Brush Makers7Upholsterers15
Cabinet Makers35Wireless Goods3
Cycle Makers2Woodwork18
Leather Goods7Miscellaneous85
Laundries5
Metal Work7231
Pianoforte Makers7
Motor Repairs19

Table: The following tables show the inspections made and the defects found and remedied in the factories and workshops in the Borough:—I.—INSPECTIONS.

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)18801851
Workshops (including Workshop Laundries)87299-
Workplaces (other than Outworkers' premises)297—
Total27812911