London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Walthamstow 1909

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]

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Ice Cream Makers.
Cowkeepers.
Brush-handle makers.
Printers.
Builders, Stone and Slate Workers.
Mineral Water Manufacturers.
Instrument Makers.
Shirt and Collar Makers.
Medical Plaster Works.
Picture frame makers, die sinkers, baker,
bootmaker, fire appliance maker, mantle
maker, pipe maker, flower pot maker,
mica insulator maker, cardbox maker,
laundry, piano desk maker, dyer, xylonite
makers, chenille makers, paper waxer,
pickle and sauce makers.
Workshops.—Under this description the following trades are carried
on in the district, viz., wheelwright's, confectionery, lamp maker's,
upholstery, spectacle case making, piano manufacture, organ building,
ironworking, shop fitting, cloth staining, printing, blind making, joinery,
flower pot making, mica working, boot making, tinplate making, carbon
paper making, cabinet making, currying, picture frame making.
In connection with these two classes of premises the following works
of improvement have been carried out:—
Special cleansing 29
Additional w.c. accommodation 1
Improvements in w.c.'s 13
Drainage repaired 11
Paving repaired 3
Offensive accumulations removed 2
Smoke nuisance abated 2
Manure receptacle provided 2
Outworkers.—These constitute the greater proportion of premises
supervised under the Factory and Workshop Acts. The work carried
on is, of course, of a most varied nature, as is shown in the following
list of trades