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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

Shoreditch 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The following table shows the numbers of outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms outside the Borough daring 1950, as notified by the various sanitary authorities.NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1950.

The following table shows the numbers of outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms outside the Borough daring 1950, as notified by the various sanitary authorities.

NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1950.

DISTRICTSMaking Wearing ApparelToys and crackersArtificial FlowersFurniture and Up-holsteryFur PullingUmbrellas Etc.Paper Bags and BoxesBrush MakingFancy Leather GoodsCard MountingTOTALS
Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.
Bethnal Green9-1-----------------11
Chelsea-1------------------1
City of London107------------------17
Finsbury51433576311111682---1121171
Hackney41295269911----121023--12142
Hempstead------11------------2
Holborn34----------11------9
Islington811--22-2----38------36
Kensington1-------------------1
Lambeth11------------------2
Lewisham-1------------------1
Poplar1-----------1-------2
St. Pancras4-----1-------------5
St. Marylebone52-----------------7
Southwark1-----------4-------5
Stepney23------------------5
Stoke Newington59-----3------------17
Westminster4-------------------4
Wood Green-----1--------------1
Portsmouth-1------------------1
Total14611297151814181111282743--1223440