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 Stepney]
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169 out-workers :—
Tailoring | 77 |
Laundry-work | 36 |
Needlework | 7 |
Umbrella finishing | 3 |
Shopkeeping | 42 |
Caretakers | 4 |
14 worked to three months before confinement.
19 worked to two months before confinement.
32 worked to one month before confinement.
104 worked to under one month before confinement,
The majority of the last number worked to within a few days of
confinement.
EMPLOYED AT FACTORIES, &c.
243 mothers were employed away from home at the following trades :—
Rope-making | 48 |
Tent and Bag-making | 35 |
Tailoring | 15 |
Rag Sorting | 19 |
Paper Sorting | 6 |
Tin-plate Machining | 18 |
Confectioney and Jam | 38 |
Office Cleaning | 20 |
Bottle Washing | 5 |
Fish Curing | 9 |
Laundries | |
Corset Making | |
Brush Making | |
Waitresses | |
Cigar Making | |
Hawking | 9 |
Dressmaking | 3 |
Time of ceasing to work before confinement:—
Three months and over | 101 |
Two months | 71 |
One month | 25 |
Under One month | 26 |
8 of this number worked to three days previous.