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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
Paddington 1870
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Paddington]
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Statistics of Workshop Inspections.
There are in this Parish about 652 workshops in
which various kinds of handicraft are carried on, of
which the following are the chief:-
Manufactures connected with Clothing:—
Boot and Shoe Making 91
Mantle, Millinery, Corset, and Dress Making. 135
Tailors and Clothiers 46
Manufactures connected with Metal:—
Cutlers, Locksmiths, Blacksmiths, Zinc Workers,
Articles or Machines of Metal, Engineers,
Clocks, Watch Making &c 88
Leather Manufacture:—Sadlery, Harness & Whips 18
Manufactures connected with Food:—
Bakers, Biscuits, Confectionery, Brewing (1),
Chocolate (1) 84
Manufacture connected with Building Trade:—
Builders, Carpenters, Plumbers, Painters,
Paper Hanging, Decorators, &c. 61
Miscellaneous Manufactures:—
Cabinet, and Furniture Makers and Turners,
Coach Builders, Wheelwrights, French Polishers,
Blinds and Umbrella Makers, Undertakers
and Coffin Makers, and Laundresses 1 '29
Total Workshops 652
Sewing and other Machines employed 123
Steam Engines (not locomotives) 5
Number of Children under 13, employed 7
Males between 13 and 18 100
Females above 13 629
Males above 18 914
Total Workers 1650