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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
Stoke Newington 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stoke Newington, The Metropolitan Borough]
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71
Of the outworkers working for firms whose places of business are
in Stoke Newington—
65 reside in Stoke Newington.
39 „ „ Hackney.
21 „ ,, Islington.
8 ,, „ Tottenham.
5 „ „ Stepney.
2 ,, „ Bethnal Green.
1 „ „ Edmonton.
1 ,, Poplar.
1 „ ,, Wood Green.
Total 143
Notifications were received from Medical Officers of Health of
persons residing in Stoke Newington but who work for firms in other
Districts as follows :—
151 from Finsbury.
142 „ City of London.
73 „ Hackney.
70 „ Islington.
17 „ Shoreditch.
4 ,, Southwark.
4 „ Stepney.
4 „ Tottenham.
2 „ Colchester.
2 ,, Kensington.
2 „ St. Marylebone.
2 „ Westminster.
1 ,, Paddington.
1 ,, Walthamstow.
1 ,, Wandsworth.
Total 476
There is a total of 899 houses and premises (exclusive of bakehouses)
in the Borough which come under the operation of the Factory
and Workshops Acts.