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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
London County Council 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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20. The variety of occupations followed by defectives under statutory supervision, on 31st December, 1929, is indicated in the following table:— Table 2.
| Occupation. | Number of defectives employed. | Occupation. | Number of defectives employed. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bakers | 4 | Artificial flower maker | 1 |
| Boot makers and repairers | 4 | Battery manufacturers | 5 |
| Bottlers and bottle washers | 2 | Bottlers and bottle washers ... | 5 |
| Building trade | 7 | Cap making | 2 |
| Cabinet making | 8 | Cardboard box and paper trade | 7 |
| Chicken fanning (own business) | 1 | Confectionery | 3 |
| Coal trade | 16 | Domestic service:— | |
| Dairy work | 2 | Daily general | 49 |
| Decorating trade | 2 | Daily kitchen | 46 |
| Domestic work | 8 | Office cleaners | 4 |
| Driving horse and van | 1 | Resident | 13 |
| Dyeworks | 1 | Useful work at home | 45 |
| Errand boys and shop boys | 39 | Dressmaking, millinery and making of woollen goods | 7 |
| Factory hands | 29 | ||
| French polishers | 6 | Errand girls | 2 |
| Gardeners | 2 | Factory hands | 57 |
| Gas fitter | 1 | Fish curer | 1 |
| Glass blowers | 10 | French polishers | 3 |
| Hat manufacturer | 1 | Furrier | 1 |
| Hawkers | 19 | Hawkers | 2 |
| Hiring stools to theatre queues | 1 | Laundry workers | 8 |
| Kitchen workers | 4 | Leather workers | 3 |
| Labourers | 13 | Metal workers | 2 |
| Laundry | 1 | Packer | 1 |
| Leather worker | 1 | Rag sorters | 2 |
| Metal workers | 9 | Rubber work | 1 |
| Motor driving | 1 | Shop assistant | 1 |
| Old iron trade | 1 | Street sellers | 2 |
| Organ blower | 1 | Tailoring | 10 |
| Packer | 1 | Various (odd jobs) | 1 |
| Plumber's mate | 1 | Ward maid | 1 |
| Porters | 8 | ||
| Potmen | 2 | ||
| Poulterer | 1 | ||
| Printer | 1 | ||
| Rag sorters | 2 | ||
| Shop assistants | 8 | ||
| Street musicians | 3 | ||
| Street sellers (including newspaper sellers) | 24 | ||
| Tailoring | 7 | ||
| Transport workers | 4 | ||
| Upholsterers | 2 | ||
| Van boys | 2 | ||
| Various (odd jobs) | 15 | ||
| Wood trade:— | |||
| Chopping and odd jobs in yard | 3 | ||
| Sawmills | 4 | ||
| Total | 283 | Total | 285 |
21. To safeguard the position of voluntary associations which undertake the
duty of assisting or supervising defectives who are not in institutions, the Minister
of Health is required by section 102 (2) of the Local Government Act, 1929, before
the beginning of each fixed grant period, to make a scheme for the payment by each
Occupations
of defectives
under superrision.
Position of
voluntary
associations
after 31st
March, 1930.