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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 1916
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1916
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On examination of the lists of outworkers sent in by employers in this Borough during 1916, I found 2,929 whose addresses were in other districts. The names and addresses of these were forwarded to their respective local authorities, as given in the following list:—
| Acton | 1 | Islington | 292 |
| Alperton | 1 | Lambeth | 11 |
| Amersham | 2 | Leeds | 1 |
| Axminster | 19 | Lewisham | 13 |
| Barnstaple | 1 | Leyton | 183 |
| Battersea | 7 | Loughton | 1 |
| Bermondsey | 4 | Mitcham | 1 |
| Bethnal Green | 573 | Newport (Essex) | 2 |
| Birmingham | 1 | Poplar | 241 |
| Brentford | 1 | Richmond | 2 |
| Brentwood | 2 | Rickmansworth | 1 |
| Bridlington | 2 | Romford | 2 |
| Bristol | 1 | St. Marylebone | 1 |
| Buckingham | 1 | St. Pancras | 3 |
| Camberwell | 28 | Shoreditch | 490 |
| Chard | 36 | Southall | 1 |
| Charmouth | 1 | Southend | 3 |
| Chingford | 12 | Southgate | 3 |
| City of London | 6 | Southwark | 15 |
| Chulmleigh (Devon) | 1 | Stepney | 172 |
| Croydon | 5 | Stokenchurch | 2 |
| Deptford | 4 | Stoke Newington | 203 |
| East Ham | 19 | Taunton | 6 |
| Edmonton | 21 | Tottenham | 161 |
| Enfield | 5 | Twickenham | 1 |
| Exeter | 2 | Waltham | 1 |
| Fermanagh (Ireland) | 2 | Walthamstow | 200 |
| Finchley | 3 | Wandsworth | 7 |
| Finsbury | 19 | Watford | 5 |
| Fulham | 2 | Wellington (Somerset) | 2 |
| Hammersmith | 4 | Wembley | 1 |
| Hampstead | 5 | West Ham | 29 |
| Harrow | 1 | Westminster | 3 |
| Hastings | 2 | Willesden | 3 |
| Holborn | 6 | Woodford | 3 |
| Honiton | 10 | Wood Green | 10 |
| Hornchurch | 2 | Wycombe | 3 |
| Hornsey | 17 | Yeovil | 1 |
| Ilford | 16 | 2,929 | |
| Kensington | 4 | ||
| Kingston | 1 |