Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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Factories on Register (where Females are Employed).
2 Bedding manufacturing. 2 Perambulator building.
1 Binder weaving. 1 Perfume making.
1 Blouse making. 1 Pianoforte manufacturer.
2 Boot making (Infants') 1 Pickle and sauce making.
6 Box making. 3 Preserved food.
1Brush making. 1 Printing works.
1 Bunting and flag making. 1 Rag sorting.
1 Butter mixing factory. 1 Rice starch making.
1 Button and buckle making. 4 Rope works.
1 Cake and Biscuit making. 2 Rubber goods making.
2 Chip basket making. 1 Rug making.
1 Cigarette paper making. 4 Sack making.
1 Clay fuel and pipes. 1 Sausage factory.
2 Cleaners and dyers. 4 Shirt making.
2 Confectionery making. 1 Shroud making.
1 Cork cutting. 1 Sugar refining.
2 Corset making. 19 Tailoring.
4 Costumes and mantle making. 2 Tarpaulin works.
1 Dog biscuit manufacturer. 1 Ticket printing.
5 Dressmaking. 1 Timber works and wicker
1 Dyemaking for leather goods. furniture making.
1 Feather works. 2 Toy making.
1 Fibre, hemp and jute making. 1 Type founder.
1 Furrier. 1 Underwear making.
1 Glassworks. 1 Uniform making.
1 Gum works. 1 Wallpaper manufacturer.
1 Harness and clog making. 1 Waterproof making.
1 Kapok works. 1 Whalebone works.
2 Laundries. 1 Wine bottling.
1 Matchmaking. 1 Wireless battery making.
1 Oil and colour works. 1 Woollen garment making.
2 Overall making.