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

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Surbiton 1948

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Surbiton]

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FACTORIES AND BAKEHOUSES.
The total number of factories on the register at the
end of the year was 208 (169 mechanical, 36 non-mechanical
and 3 works of building construction).
The businesses carried on at the respective premises
were as follows
Bakehouses 16
Laundries 7
Gleaners and Dyers 6
Tailors 7
Engineers (various) 31
Timber yards 2
Manufacture of office
appliances 1
Chemical manufacture and
hairdressing sundries 1
Cellulose spraying and
coach building 2
Steel hardeners 2
Printers 6
Builders,Joiners and
Plumbers 21
Boot repairers 11
Motor engineers 18
Stove enamelling and
spray painting 1
Brickmaking 1
Fencing contractors 2
Concrete products 2
Machine tools 3
Instrument making 2
Metal work 4
Fur glove makers 1
Cycle repairers 3
Radio and electrical
engineers 9
Battery repair and manufacture 1
Spectacle frame and lens
making 4
Plastics 2
Dental laboratories 3
Paint manufacturers 1
Works of building
construction 3
Manufacture of breathing
apparatus 1
Aircraft components 4
Blind making 1
Cardboard containers 1
Manufacture of rubber
tyres, etc. 1
Accordion making 1
Cosmetics 2
Wire works 2
Furniture making 1
Leatherwork 1
Miscellaneous 20
25.