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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 1967

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

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Table: TABLE 50OUTWORKERS

TABLE 50

OUTWORKERS

Firms in the borough employing outworkers93
Outworkers residing in, and employed by firms in the borough487
Outworkers residing outside the borough employed by firms in the borough831
Outworkers residing in the borough employed by firms outside the borough385
Total outworkers in the borough872

Table: TABLE 51REFUSE DISPOSAL

TABLE 51

REFUSE DISPOSAL

Home and trade refuse73, 551 tons
Street and market collections15, 633 tons
Waste paper salvage465 tons
No. of bulk containers in use2,689
No. of street gulleys cleansed23,695

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