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

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Poplar 1927

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

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Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*
1 Badger hair sorting.
1 Bedding making.
1 Boot factor.
1 Cabinet making.
1 Cap making.
6 Confectionery making.
2 Cork cutting.
10 Costume making.
9 Dressmaking.
1 Embroidering.
1 French polishing.
4 Furriers.
4 Infants' shoes making.
1 Knitted garment making.
6 Laundries.
1 Leather sorting.
14 Milliners.
3 Packing.
2 Paper and rag sorting.
1 Pickle and sauce making.
3 Pressers and cleaners.
2 Sack and bag making.
2 Shirt and pyjama making.
1 Seal stamp making.
1 Table jelly making.
61 Tailoring.
2 Tarpaulin works
1 Tiemaking.
1 Tin goods labelling and sorting.
3 Toymaking.
2 Trimming making.
1 Upholstering.
2 Waterproof garment making.
1 Whalebone dressing.
*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 41.
Factories on Register (where Females are Employed).
2 Bedding manufacturing.
1 Blouse making.
2 Boot making
6 Box making.
1 Brush making.
1 Bunting and flag making.
1 Butter mixing factory.
1 Cabinet making.
1 Chip basket making.
1 Christmas cracker making.
1 Cigarette paper making.
1 Clay fuel and pipes.
2 Cleaners and dyers.
1 Condiment packing.
1 Perambulator builder.
1 Pianoforte manufacturer.
3 Preserved food.
1 Ragwork.
1 Rice starch making.
3 Rope works.
2 Rubber goods making.
1 Rug making.
4 Sack making.
1 Sausage factory.
5 Shirt making.
1 Shroud making.
24 Tailoring.
1 Tarpaulin works.