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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
Bethnal Green 1911
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1911 together with the report of the Chief Sanitary Inspector
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APPENDIX I. (2)
Outworkers' List of Trades.
The following is a list of the trades in which the
Outworkers' notified during 1911 were engaged:—
Artificial Flower Making 17
Belt Makers 32
Bibs and Pinafores 7
Blouse Work 23
Boot and Shoe Making 522
Box Making 472
Brace Making 3
Brush Making 190
Button Making 2
Cabinet Making 8
Caps, etc 13
Chair Making 3
Cigar Box Making 1
Collar Making 12
Dressmaking 38
Embroidery and Fancy
Trimmings 59
Feather Work 2
Fur Stiching, etc. 8
Glove Work 1
Lace and Netting 1
Mantle Making 25
Match Box Making 45
Millinery 18
Paper Bag Making 7
Pyjama Making 2
Sack Making 1
Shirt Making 20
Sieve Making 3
Silk Weaving 51
Tailoring 607
Ties and Bow Work 31
Upholsterers Trimmings 30
Underclothing 13
Umbrellas 46
Incorrect addresses and
those having discontinued
work 434
Total 2,747
APPENDIX J.
Tenement Houses.
No. of Tenement Houses on Register at end of
1911 536
No. of Tenement Houses cancelled during 1911 11
„ „ registered „ 30