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Report of the Medical Officer of Health. 135
Industrial Employment of Women.
In the Report for 1907 a Table was given showing the total
number of female employees in laundries and other workshops in
the Borough, but no further inquiry was made this year, as the
conditions of employment have not changed to any extent. The
number for 1907 may be taken as approximately correct for 1908
also.
The next Table was also given in 1907 and the figures in the
Report for 1908 do not materially differ, and they are, as in the
former year, too few in number to draw any decided conclusions
as to the effect of employment.

It will be seen that only 66 out of a total of 1,996 were
employed industrially, while 77 were engaged in some occupation