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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]
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| Industry. | Number. | Number of women employed. |
|---|---|---|
| Cabinet making | 1 | 100 |
| Camera making | 1 | 4 |
| Capsule making | 1 | 280 |
| Children's frock making | 1 | 20 |
| Collar and cuff making | 1 | 6 |
| Corset making | 1 | 7 |
| Cotton wool pressing | 1 | 8 |
| Electric lamp making | 1 | 40 |
| Embroidery | 1 | 10 |
| Engineering | 1 | 50 |
| Fancy leather goods making | 1 | 25 |
| Food preparing | 1 | 34 |
| Glass letter making | 1 | 1 |
| Glass work | 1 | 0 |
| Juvenile outfitting | 1 | 40 |
| Leather work | 1 | 56 |
| Lock and safe making | 1 | 9 |
| Mangling | 1 | 1 |
| Manufacturing stationery | 1 | 30 |
| Music roll making | 1 | 8 |
| Outdoor game requisites making | 1 | 32 |
| Overmantle making | 1 | 3 |
| Patent seal making | 1 | 36 |
| Pattern card making | 1 | 60 |
| Perambulator hood making | 1 | 17 |
| Perforating | 1 | 2 |
| Piano making | 1 | 6 |
| Piano string making | 1 | 3 |
| Pickling | 1 | 10 |
| Picture frame making | 1 | 10 |
| Pill making | 1 | 3 |
| Sack making | 1 | 10 |
| Sauce making | 1 | 70 |
| Seed packing | 1 | 6 |
| Shop fitting | 1 | 2 |
| Stay making | 1 | 23 |
| Surgical appliances making | 1 | 4 |
| Syphon making | 1 | 230 |
| Table stationery making | 1 | 30 |
| Tooth brush making | 1 | 8 |
| Underclothing making | 1 | 313 |
| Underskirt making | 1 | 40 |
| Vinegar making | 1 | 30 |
| Washing powder making | 1 | 6 |
| White lead works | 1 | 6 |
| Total | 210 | 7,686 |