Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1915
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The following analysis shows the trades followed by these outworkers:—
Trade. | No. of Outworkes. | Trade. | No. of Outworkers. |
---|---|---|---|
Artificial Florist | 67 | Lace Trimmed Goods | 22 |
Baby Linen | 26 | Millinery | 215 |
Belts | 49 | Pinafores | 1 |
Blouses | 202 | Shirts | 47 |
Boots and Shoes | 519 | Shoe Bows | 9 |
Boxes | 192 | Skirts and Mantles | 263 |
Braces | 15 | Tailoring | 176 |
Brushes | 173 | Ties | 175 |
Canvas Goods | 14 | Trimming | 63 |
Children's Costumes | 22 | Umbrellas | 21 |
Clothiers and Outfitters | 129 | Underclothing | 140 |
Collars and Bibs | 15 | Upholsterers' Trimmings | 11 |
Confectionery Packing | 12 | Vests | 3 |
Corsets | 3 | Military equipment (haversacks, &c.) | 36 |
Dolls | 6 | ||
Dressing and Tea Gowns | 18 | Miscellaneous | 30 |
Fancy Goods | 19 | 2,768 | |
Fur Trade | 61 | ||
Hats | 14 |
The local authorities from which I have received names an addresses of outworkers during the year 1915 are the following:—
Battersea | 3 | Paddington | 7 |
Bethnal Green | 204 | Poplar | 99 |
Bromley (Kent) | 1 | St. Marylebone | 33 |
Chelsea | 6 | St. Pancras | 1 |
City of London | 728 | Salford | 4 |
Colchester | 1 | Shoreditch | 217 |
Deptford | 1 | Southgate | 3 |
Edmonton | 1 | Southwark | 9 |
Finsbury | 302 | Stepney | 118 |
Greenwich | 1 | Stoke Newington | 48 |
Hampstead | 4 | Tottenham | 14 |
Holborn | 11 | Walthamstow | 25 |
Hornsey | 3 | West Ham | 7 |
Ilford | 1 | Westminster | 34 |
Islington | 273 | Woolwich | 1 |
Kensington | 13 | 2,225 | |
Lambeth | 2 | ||
Leyton | 50 |