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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

Richmond upon Thames 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Table: Home Work.

Home Work.

Lists received from Employers—
Twice in the year2
Number of Outworkers6
Once in a year3
Number of Outworkers6

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Nature of Work—
Making, &c., of Wearing Apparel.

Table: Registered Workshops.The following are the principal classes of Workshops on the Register at the end of the year—

Registered Workshops.

The following are the principal classes of Workshops on the Register at the end of the year—

Dressmaking and Millinery29
Laundries18
Tailoring15
Boot Repairing6
Builders and Contractors6
Cycle making, &c.3
Furniture Upholsterers3
Furriers, &c.2
Bakehouses25
Other Trades11
118
Dining Rooms, Workplaces, &c,58
Total176

Table: Other Matters.Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—

Other Matters.

Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—

Failure to affix Abstract of Act7
Other matters5
Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as-remediable under Public Health Act :—
Notified by H.M. Inspector1
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector1
Other matters—
Underground Bakehouses in use at end of year6