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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Domestic Workshops on Register (where Men are Employed.)*
6 Boot repairing.
1 Cabinet making.
1 Decorative earthenware making.
1 Paper bag making.
5 Tailoring,
1 Wire working,
1 Zinc working.
Home Workers on Register (Male).
4 Bootmaking.
2 Box making.
1 Furrier.
16 Tailoring.
Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*
1 Bedding making.
1 Boot making.
2 Cabinet making.
1 Cap making.
1 Clay pipe making.
1 Confectionery.
2 Cork cutting.
7 Costume making.
8 Dressmaking and altering.
1 Embroidering.
4 Furriers.
3 Laundries.
8 Milliners.
1 Onion peeling and pickling.
7 Packing.
4 Rag sorting.
1 Presser and cleaner.
2 Sack making.
2 Shirt making.
1 Seal stamp making.
31 Tailoring.
1 Toymaking.
1 Underwear making.
3 Upholstering.
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.