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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
City of Westminster 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Council. | Sent from Westminster. | Received by Westminster. | Council. | Sent from Westminster. | Received by Westminster. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | ||
| Chiswick | 3 | 7 | – | – | Luton | 2 | 2 | – | – |
| City of London | 9 | 9 | 47 | 44 | Newbury | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Colchester | 2 | 1 | – | – | New Maiden | 3 | 1 | – | – |
| Croydon | 8 | 12 | – | – | Northampton | 9 | 8 | – | – |
| Deptford | 6 | 6 | – | – | Nottingham | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Dulverton | 1 | 1 | – | – | Oxford | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Ealing | 9 | 7 | – | – | Paddington | 90 | 82 | 12 | 9 |
| East Ham | 1 | – | – | – | Penge | 6 | 1 | – | – |
| East Molesey | 2 | 4 | – | – | Pontypool | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Edmonton | 2 | 3 | – | – | Poplar | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| Enfield | 2 | 1 | – | – | Redhill | 1 | 2 | – | – |
| Epsom | – | 1 | – | – | Romford | 1 | – | – | – |
| Erith | 2 | – | – | – | St. Marylebone | 773 | 761 | 49 | 47 |
| Finchley | 2 | 1 | – | – | St. Pancras | 365 | 407 | 1 | 4 |
| Fmsbury | 24 | 20 | – | 2 | Shoreditch | 14 | 17 | – | 1 |
| Friern Barnet | 1 | 1 | – | – | Southall | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Fulham | 38 | 33 | – | – | Southend | – | 2 | – | – |
| Glasgow | – | 1 | – | – | Southgate | 1 | – | – | – |
| Greenwich | 1 | 1 | – | – | Southwark | 52 | 50 | – | – |
| Hackney | 17 | 10 | 1 | 2 | Stepney | 137 | 137 | 1 | 1 |
| Hammersmith | 56 | 55 | – | – | Stockbridge | 1 | – | – | – |
| Harapstead | 10 | 12 | 2 | 1 | Stoke Newington | 6 | 7 | – | – |
| Hanwell | 1 | 2 | – | – | Teddington | – | 1 | – | – |
| Harpenden | 1 | 1 | – | – | Tottenham | 13 | 10 | – | – |
| Harrow | 1 | 1 | – | – | Twickenham | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Hendon | 1 | 4 | – | – | Walt hams tow | 4 | 2 | – | – |
| Holborn | 100 | 106 | 33 | 25 | Wandsworth | 67 | 68 | – | – |
| Hornsey | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | Wanstead | 1 | – | – | – |
| Horsham | 1 | 1 | – | – | Watford | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Hounslow | 1 | – | – | – | Wealdstone | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| Ilford | 1 | 1 | – | – | Wembley | 4 | 4 | – | – |
| Islington | 60 | 62 | – | 1 | West Ham | 7 | 8 | – | – |
| Kenley | 1 | 1 | – | – | Willesden | 87 | 74 | – | – |
| Kensington | 59 | 61 | 26 | 24 | Wimbledon | 3 | 2 | – | – |
| Lambeth | 98 | 92 | – | – | Woodford | 2 | – | – | – |
| Laigley | 1 | 1 | – | – | Wood Green | 1 | 1 | – | – |
| Ledbury | – | 1 | – | – | Woolwich | – | – | 1 | 1 |
| Leeds | 1 | 1 | – | – | Yeovil | 1 | – | – | – |
| Lewisham | 10 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 2,358 | 2,354 | 218 | 209 | |
| Leyton | 6 | 9 | – | – | |||||
Workers are frequently in the employ of several firms, so that
the number of names (2,335) returned as resident in the City does
not necessarily coincide with ther actual number of workers, which is
found to be 1,725. All those living in Westminster were visited, and
the sanitary condition, not only of the rooms occupied, but of the whole
house, was inquired into. The actual number of houses in which outwork
was being done was 974, as many houses contain a number of
outworkers. These houses are mostly in Great Marlborough, Eegent
and St. Anne Wards. In the latter part of the year a considerable
proportion of these outworkers were not receiving work. Dressmakers
and other female workers were being employed in emergency workrooms
which were duly inspected.
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