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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
Hackney 1914
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1914
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| Clothing Trades. | No. of Employers of Home-workers visited. | No. of Employers who have reduced Home-workers since Midsummer. | No.ot Home-workers how employed. | No. of Home-workers employed at end of 1st Quarter of 1914. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artificial Flowers | 1 | - | 16 | - |
| Blouses | 4 | 2 | 28 | 35 |
| Boots and Shoes | 21 | 11 | 76 | 145 |
| Children's Costumes | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Furs | 4 | 3 | 33 | 46 |
| Mantles and Costumes | 21 | 10 | 24 | 79 |
| Millinery | 3 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Nursery Shoes | 10 | 5 | 45 | 71 |
| Shoe Bows | 2 | 1 | — | 15 |
| Skirts | 2 | — | 9 | 9 |
| Tailoring | 11 | 5 | 7 | 31 |
| Trimming | 2 | 1 | 13 | 20 |
| Ties | 4 | 3 | 8 | 33 |
| Underclothing | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Cabinet-making | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Totals | 90 | 45 | 264 | 502 |
From this table it appears that the home-workers of the
employers questioned have diminished from 502 to 264, or over
47 per cent, on the number employed during the first quarter of
the year.
2.—Enquiries were also made of home-workers themselves by
the Inspector appointed for the inspection of home-workers'
premises. The result of these enquiries are also summarised in
the following table:—