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 West Ham]
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The following table is a resume of the investigations made:—
TRADES. | Number of Shops visited. | Number employing Young Persons. | Number of Young Persons employed. | Infringements | Number employing Female Asstnts. | Number of Female Asstnts. employed. | Infringements, re Seats. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hour?. | Notices | |||||||
Boots and Shoes | 80 | 50 | 59 | l | 7 | 7 | 11 | — |
Butchers | 150 | 62 | 66 | 3 | 27 | 4 | 5 | — |
Builders' Merchants | 14 | 8 | 13 | — | 4 | 1 | 2 | — |
Bakers and Pastrycooks | 64 | 18 | 18 | — | 11 | 22 | 41 | — |
Chemists and Druggists | 58 | 28 | 32 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | — |
China and Glass | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 4 | 5 | — |
Confectioners | 112 | 15 | 15 | — | 5 | 24 | 25 | — |
Corndealers | 63 | 24 | 33 | — | 3 | 11 | 16 | l |
Cycle Agents | 11 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Dairies | 19 | 12 | 15 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | — |
Drapers | 113 | 40 | 62 | 1 | 4 | 53 | 128 | — |
Dining Rooms | 121 | 31 | 3S | 1 | 21 | 75 | 168 | — |
Domestic Machinery | 21 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | 10 | 22 | — |
Fishmongers | 35 | 5 | 6 | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | — |
Fancy Goods | 30 | 16 | 19 | — | 6 | 19 | 39 | — |
Furniture | 30 | 7 | 12 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | — |
Grocery and Provisions | 276 | 133 | 173 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 26 | — |
Greengrocers, &c. | 135 | 44 | 50 | 6 | 28 | 7 | 8 | — |
General Salesmen | 20 | 10 | 12 | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | — |
Hatters and Hosiers | 44 | 19 | 22 | — | 3 | 7 | 19 | — |
Hairdressers | 167 | 112 | 114 | 8 | 35 | — | — | — |
Ironmongery | 24 | 16 | 20 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — |
Newsagents and Stationers | 151 | 106 | 160 | — | 9 | 11 | 17 | — |
Oil and Colour | 99 | 49 | 61 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — |
Pawnbrokers | 34 | 30 | 52 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — |
Photographers | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | — |
Public Houses | 145 | 22 | 24 | 4 | 11 | 54 | 98 | — |
Picture Dealers | 7 | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | 10 | — |
Saddlery and Leather Cutters | 16 | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Tobacconists | 42 | 6 | 9 | — | 2 | 6 | 7 | — |
Tailors and Outfitters | 65 | 34 | 40 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 4 | — |
Wine and Spirit Merchants | 10 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — |
Watchmakers and Jewellers | 16 | 6 | 8 | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | — |
Totals | 2190 | 928 | 1164 | 36 | 248 | 376 | 701 | 1 |