Permits of exemption: Laundry Trade Board
This index is a summary of key information relating to permits of exemption issued to workers who came within the scope of the Laundry Trade Board - individuals who were regarded as being "affected by any infirmity or physical injury which renders [them] incapable of earning that minimum time-rate". The data is taken from summarised applications for permits of exemption submitted to members of the Board. Click on the case number to see a digitised version of the original source - this can include more information.
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| Number | Date | Age | Gender | Employer | Location | Reason | Other info |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W8385/21Link opens in a new window | [1921] | 26 | Male | Tivoli Laundry | Brighton | Malaria | Served in army between 1914-1920 (employed by firm prior to enlistment). Includes letter from worker asking for permit to be granted. |
| W7648/22Link opens in a new window | [1922?] | 25 | Female | Mr F. Clapham, Floss Laundry | Gainsborough | "Mental deficiency" | Permits previously granted. "The employer has stated that he has considered the question of discharging the worker but has refrained at request of her parents" |
| W12334/21Link opens in a new window | 2 Feb 1922 | 27 | Male | Woodfood Laundries Ltd. | South Woodford | "Very deaf" | Includes letter from worker asking for permit to be granted. |
| W7210/22Link opens in a new window | 1923 | - | Male | Alverstoke & Fareham Laundries Ltd. | Gosport | - | Also receives house & garden rent free. Dispute over payment of overtime, with employer stating that they were employing the worker for "compassionate reasons" and wished they would "find some other suitable employment". |
| W1509/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 26 | Female | The Mirror Laundries Ltd. | Formans Road, Sparkhill, Birmingham | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1477/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 26 | Female | Mr H. Baverstock, Reliance Laundry | Ackender Road, Alton | "Deaf and dumb" | - |
| W1476/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 30 | Female | Forest Gate Sanitary Steam Laundry Co. Ltd. | Upton Lane, Forest Gate, E7 | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W2062/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 23 | Female | Stonefield Laundry Ltd. | 11 Lock Road, Stonefield | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1961/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 33 | Male | Miss E. Watts | 328 Liverpool Road, N7 | "Mentally deficient and physically incapacitated" | - |
| W1959/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 25 | Female | The Park Sanitary Steam Laundry Co. | Park Road, Peterborough | "Contacted tendons of left wrist following cerebral hemorrhage" | - |
| W1558/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 43 | Female | Belgrave Laundry Co. Ltd. | Belgrave | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1561/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 26 | Female | Ipswich Sanitary Steam Laundry Co. Ltd. | Ipswich | "Partially mentally affected" | - |
| W1691/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 45 | Male | Leamington Spa Steam Laundry | Leamington Spa | "Paralysis of muscles of right leg" | - |
| W1397/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 36 | Female | The Shakespeare Laundry | Hove | "Deafness and deformed hand and feet" | - |
| W1515/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 34 | Female | The Bilston Steam Laundry | Bilston | "Loss of finger of left hand and gastritis" | - |
| W2926/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 34 | Female | Miss A. Richards, Rise Hill Laundry | Bowden | "Nervous debility" | - |
| W1346/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 46 | Female | A.W. Green Ltd., The Petersfield Laundry | Portslade | "Neurasthenia" | - |
| W1560/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 47 | Female | Peterborough Steam Laundry Co. Ltd. | Peterborough | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1957/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 69 | Male | Roger & Cook Ltd. | - | "General infirmity due to age" | - |
| W2008/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 36 | Female | Miss A.B. Smith | 5 & 6 Pembury Place, Hackney, E5 | "Extreme deafness which has resulted in general lack of physical and mental development" | - |
| W1524/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 18 | Male | A. Buckingham, The Laundry | Harleston | "Diseased bone in leg" | - |
| W2728/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 63 | Female | Victoria Laundry | Canterbury Road, Radford, Nottingham | "Deformed wrist" | - |
| W1671/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 68 | Female | Mr J. Howell | 152 Bollo Bridge Road, Acton | "Crippled ankle and age" | - |
| W1404/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 25 | Female | Mr Haywood, Mildenhall Laundry | Mildenhall, Suffolk | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1520/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 24 | Male | J.M. Guest, Crown Laundry | Queens Road, Leeds | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W2849/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 18 | Female | Highfield Model Laundry | Stonebridge Park | "Nervous trouble" | - |
| W1347/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 43 | Male | The Grange Laundry | Beech Road, Chorlton cum Hardy | "Injured right hand. Slightly mentally deficient" | - |
| W1200/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 19 | Male | Crown Hand Laundry | Darlington | "Nervous debility" | - |
| W3482/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 65 | Female | S.W. Gough | 58 Springfield Avenue, Horfield, Bristol | "Gastric catarrah and slight kidney trouble" | - |
| W2759/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 53 | Female | Dyetts Paragon Hand & Steam Laundry | 128 & 130 St Ann's Road, Holland Park, W11 | "General weakness; suffers from nerves" | - |
| W1881/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 67 | Female | The Alexandra Laundry | Hibernia Road, Hounslow | "Age" | - |
| W1462/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 35 | Female | The Bromley Cross Prize Medal Laundry Ltd. | Bolton | "Physical debility" | - |
| W621/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 18 | Female | The Blackburn Steam Laundry Ltd. | Simmons Street, Blackburn | "Mentally and physically deficient" | - |
| W1562/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 24 | Female | Croydon Model Steam Laundry | Tamworth Road, Croydon | "Mental infirmity" | - |
| W1563/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 23 | Female | Croydon Model Steam Laundry | Tamworth Road, Croydon | "Mental infirmity" | - |
| W1591/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 51 | Male | Mr E.B. James | 6 Saville Road, Acton Green, W4 | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W3652/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 68 | Male | The Millfield Laundry | Back Trylton Road, Sunderland | "Age" | - |
| W1584/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 64 | Female | Mr L.S. Johnson, Argyle Laundry | Lee | "Rheumatism in hand" | - |
| W5612/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 51 | Male | J. & R. Than, Prestwick Laundry | Prestwick | "Only able for light work" | - |
| W2119/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 28 | Female | Crown Laundry Co. Ltd. | Rigault Road, Fulham | "Sight and hearing bad" | - |
| W1617/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 20 | Female | The Fleet Laundry | Fleet Road, Hampstead | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1612/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 26 | Male | Mr E. Langley | 18 St Georges Road, Forest Gate | "Physically undeveloped" | - |
| W1521/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 65 | Male | Bird Ltd., Moor Edge Laundry | Newcastle on Tyne | "Age" | - |
| W4629/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 24 | Male | Mr L.E. Powell | 231 Chester Road, Watford | "Infantile paralysis (brain affected)" | - |
| W5710/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 30 | Female | Torquay Sanitary Laundry Co. Ltd. | Rock Road, Torquay | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W3863/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 70 | Female | The Mirror Steam Laundry Co. Ltd. | Pentlow Street, Putney | "Age" | - |
| W2117/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 70 | Male | Anglo American Laundry | Burmester Road, Tooting, SW17 | "Age" | - |
| W2120/22Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 65 | Male | Anglo American Laundry | Burmester Road, Tooting, SW17 | "Age" | - |
| W1471/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 60 | Female | Mrs L. Strong, The Melbourne Laundry | Fishbourne, Chichester | "Mentally defective and very deaf" | - |
| W1701/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 20 | Male | Mrs L. Strong, The Melbourne Laundry | Fishbourne, Chichester | "Mentally defective and short sighted" | - |
| W2312/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 68 | Female | Cyprus Laundry Ltd. | Hermitage Road, Finsbury Park, N4 | "Age" | - |
| W5212/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 65 | Female | The Hurlingham Laundry | 74 Rectory Road, Fulham | "Acute rheumatism in feet and hands" | - |
| W1519/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 28 | Male | The Chorley & District Hygienic Laundry Ltd. | Harpers Lane, Chorley, Lancashire | "Deaf and dumb" | - |
| W1466/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 43 | Female | The Wyvern Sanitary Laundry Ltd. | Barkley Road, Leicester | "Slightly mentally deficient" | - |
| W1236/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 24 | Female | The Tranmere Laundry | 1 Dial Road, Birkenhead | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1319/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 56 | Female | The Criterian Laundry | Brockley Grove, SE4 | "Deformed joints in both legs" | - |
| W2135/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 29 | Female | The Stoneville Laundry | Hartsland Road, Sevenoaks | "Epilepsy" | - |
| W6934/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 15 | Female | Ilford Steam Sanitary Laundry | Ley Street, Ilford | "Paralysis of right arm" | - |
| W1468/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 28 | Female | The Park Steam Laundry | 6 Love Lane, Tottenham | "Chronic ulcerated leg" | - |
| W3328/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 22 | Male | C.M. Jervis | Albion House, St Peters in Thanet | "Mentally deficient" | - |
| W1402/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 30 | Male | A. West & Sons, The Park Sanitary Laundry | Worthing | "Amputation of left thumb" | - |
| W2415/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 22 | Female | Sunlight Laundry | Broughton Road, Fulham, SW6 | "Deaf and dumb" | - |
| W822/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 58 | Female | The Lancaster Laundry | Arthur Street, Hove | "Weak wrist" | - |
| W1615/24Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 24 | Female | Paxman's Ltd. | Elm Road, Horsfield, Bristol | "General weakness" | - |
| W3478/23Link opens in a new window | 14 Nov 1924 | 70 | Female | Mrs E.A. Thomas, The Beresford Laundry | Oaklands Road, Hanwell | "Age" | - |