London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Islington 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Industry. | Number. | Number of women employed. |
|---|---|---|
| Chemists sundries making | 3 | 85 |
| Electrical engineering | 3 | 50 |
| Mantle making | 3 | 198 |
| Meat preserving | 3 | 84 |
| Bottling | 2 | 59 |
| Brush making | 2 | 204 |
| Cigarette making | 2 | 36 |
| French polishing | 2 | 29 |
| Fur work | 2 | 27 |
| Mangling | 2 | 2 |
| Mattress making | 2 | 16 |
| Millinery ... ... ... | 2 | 350 |
| Mineral waters, making | 2 | 25 |
| Photo, mounts making | 2 | 33 |
| Stay making | 2 | 30 |
| Apron making | 1 | 28 |
| Blind making | 1 | 7 |
| Boot uppers making | 1 | 11 |
| Bottle washing | 1 | 8 |
| Button making | 1 | 25 |
| Cabinet making | 1 | 101 |
| Camera making | 1 | 4 |
| Capsule making | 1 | 150 |
| Children's frock making | 1 | 20 |
| Collar and cuff making | 1 | 6 |
| Corset making | 1 | 114 |
| Cotton wool pressing | 1 | 9 |
| Electric lamp making | 1 | 50 |
| Embroidery work | 1 | 12 |
| Engineering | 1 | 70 |
| Fancy leather goods making | 1 | 30 |
| Feather dressing | 1 | 12 |
| Food preparing | 1 | 35 |
| Glass letter making | 1 | 1 |
| Glass work | 1 | 3 |
| Juvenile suit making | 1 | 30 |
| Leather work | 1 | 150 |
| Lock and safe making | 1 | 9 |
| Manufacturing stationery | 1 | 32 |
| Music roll making | 1 | 38 |
| Outdoor game requisites making | 1 | 34 |
| Overmantle making | 1 | 7 |
| Pattern card making | 1 | 45 |
| Perambulator hood making | 1 | 19 |
| Piano string making | 1 | 3 |
| Pickling | 1 | 15 |