Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1907 including annual report on factories and workshops
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Occupations of Persons in Finsbury over 10 years of age. | Males. | Females. | Total. | Percentage on Adult Population. |
---|---|---|---|---|
i. General or Local Government | 942 | 43 | 985 | 1.2 |
ii. Defence of the Country | 127 | — | 127 | 0.2 |
iii. Professional Occupations | 787 | 559 | 1346 | 1.7 |
iv. Domestic and Hotel Service, Char-women and Laundresses | 738 | 4117 | 4855 | 6.2 |
v. Commercial Occupations | 1610 | 1901 | 2.4 | |
vi. Conveyance of Men, Goods, &c. | 6863 | 173 | 7036 | 8.9 |
vii. Agriculture, Nurserymen and Florists | 35 | 53 | 88 | 0.1 |
viii. Mines and Quarries | 66 | 7 | 73 | 0.1 |
ix. Metals, Machinery, &c. | 2613 | 213 | 2826 | 3.6 |
x. Jewellery, Watchmaking, &c. | 1965 | 375 | 2340 | 2.9 |
xi. Building, Carpentry, Painters, Plumbers, &c. | 2767 | 1 | 2768 | 3.5 |
xii. Furniture and Decorations | 1738 | 352 | 2090 | 2.7 |
xiii. Brick. Potteries, Glass, &c. | 354 | 26 | 380 | 0.5 |
xiv. Chemical Works | 353 | 266 | 619 | 0.8 |
xv. Skins, Leather, Hair and Feathers | 682 | 747 | 1429 | 1.9 |
xvi. Paper, Printers, and Stationery | 3367 | 3143 | 6510 | 8.3 |
xvii. Textile Fabrics | 574 | 58I | 1155 | 1.5 |
xviii. Dress, Tailors, Milliners, Seamstresses, Shirt Makers, Boot and Shoe Makers, Artificial Flower Makers, &c. | 1517 | 3840 | 5357 | 6.9 |
xix. Food, Tobacco, Restaurants, &c. | 3204 | 1289 | 4493 | 5.7 |
xx. Gas, Water and Electricity | 183 | 1 | 184 | 0.2 |
xxi. Other, General, and Undefined Workers and Dealers | 2630 | 516 | 3146 | 4.1 |
xxii. Without Specified Occupations or Unoccupied | 5238 | 23431 | 28669 | 366 |
Totals | 38353 | 40024 | 78377 | 100.0 |