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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 1912
Report on the sanitary condition and vital statistics during the year 1912 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 in 1912 were engaged :—
37
Artificial Flower Making 18
Belt Making 23
Bibs, etc 5
Blouse Making 29
Boot and Shoe Making 436
Box Making 422
Brace Making 5
Brush Making 170
Button Making 2
Cabinet Making 3
Cap Making 14
Chair Making 2
Collar Making 9
Corset Making 7
Dress Making 26
Embroiderers 32
Feather Work 4
Furriers 12
Glove Making 1
Hair Sieve Making 2
Lace Making 1
Mantle Making 41
Match Box Making 44
Milliners 17
Paper Bag Making 4
Pyjama Making 2
Sack Making 1
Shirt Making 21
Silk Weaving 47
Surgical Instruments 1
Tailoring 527
Tie Making 26
Upholsterers' Trimmings 36
Underclothing 13
Umbrellas 36
Waterproof Makers 2
Incorrect addresses and
those having discontinued
work 441
2482
APPENDIX J.
Tenement Houses.
No. of Tenement Houses on Register at end of
1912 528
No. of Tenement Houses cancelled during 1912 12
„ „ registered „ 4