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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

Tower Hamlets 1966

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 49 OUTWORKERS

TABLE 49 OUTWORKERS

Firms in the borough employing outworkers126
Outworkers residing in, and employed by firms in the borough523
Outworkers residing outside the borough employed by firms in the borough908
Outworkers residing in the borough employed by firms outside the borough155
Total outworkers in borough:678

Table: TABLE 50REFUSE DISPOSAL

TABLE 50

REFUSE DISPOSAL

Home and trade refuse75,812 Tons
Street and market collections15,978 Tons
Waste paper salvage514 Tons
No. of bulk containers in use2,527 Tons
No. of street gulleys cleansed26,905 Tons