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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
Battersea 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Battersea, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Forty-three new workshops were added to the register, dealing
with:-
Boot-making 2
Builder 2
Carpenter 1
Carver 1
Coach painting 1
Cycle Maker 1
Dressmaking 3
Mason 1
Motor repairs 4
Piano-maker 1
Photographer 1
Rag sorting 1
Tailoring 5
Upholstering 4
Miscellaneous 15
Thirty-eight workshops were discontinued or became factories
during the year.
The following table gives particulars relating to new workshops
in which "protected persons" were employed, notices of
which were duly sent to H.M. Inspector during 1922 :—
The following table gives particulars relating to new workshops in which "protected persons" were employed, notices of which were duly sent to H.M. Inspector during 1922 :—
| Trade. | No. of Workshops. | Protected Persons employed. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Women. | Young Persons. | Total. | ||
| Dressmaker | 2 | - | 2 | 2 |
| Farrier | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Milliner | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Motor Repairs | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Upholsterer | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Tailor | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Miscellaneous | 7 | - | 24 | 24 |
| Totals | 17 | 6 | 31 | 37 |
Outworkers.
During 1922, 560 names and addresses of out-workers were
received in 121 lists sent in by employers and by the Medical
Officers of Health of Metropolitan Boroughs and District Councils.
146 names and addresses of 92 out-workers, which were
sent in by employers, were found to refer to other districts, and
were accordingly forwarded to the Medical Officers of Health of
those districts.
Male.
The following table shows the number of male out-workers'
premises registered in the Borough, together with the trades and
the number of persons employed:—