London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Poplar 1926

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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Home Workers on Register (Male).
30 Bootmaking. 1 Tailoring.
1 Brushmaking.
Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*
1 Badger hair sorting.
1 Bedding making.
3 Boot upper making.
5 Confectionery making.
2 Cork cutting.
5 Costume making.
8 Dressmaking.
1 Embroidering.
1 French polishing.
3 Furriers.
3 Infant shoe making.
1 Knitted garment making.
11 Laundries.
8 Milliners.
2 Pressers and cleaners.
1 Paper and rag sorting.
1 Sack and bag making.
2 Shirt and pyjama making.
1 Seal stamp making.
49 Tailoring.
1 Tarpaulin works.
2 Tiemaking.
1 Tinned goods labelling and
sorting.
2 Toymaking.
2 Trimming making.
1 Trunk making.
1 Underwear making.
2 Upholstering.
2 Waterproof garment making.
1 Whalebone dressing.
1 Wood chopping.
*It is very difficult to separate Workshops and Domestic Workshops, as these
premises are sometimes one and sometimes the other, according to the pressure of
work. See Table A, page 54.
Factories on Register (where Females are Employed).
2 Bedding manufacturing.
2 Biscuit manufacturing.
3 Blouse and dresses making.
2 Boot making.
6 Box making.
1 Brush making.
1 Bunting and flag making.
1 Butter mixing factory.
2 Chip basket making.
3 Christmas cracker making.
1 Cigarette paper making.
1 Clay fuel and pipes.
2 Cleaners and dyers.
1 Pianoforte manufacturer.
3 Preserved food.
1 Rag sorting.
1 Ragwork.
1 Rice starch making.
3 Rope works.
2 Rubber goods making.
1 Rug making.
3 Sack making.
1 Sausage factory.
4 Shirt making.
1 Shroud making.
1 Sugar refining.
26 Tailoring.
1 Tarpaulin works.
(This Table is continued on next page.)