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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

Shoreditch 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,489 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 21 of these were residents in other Boroughs, their addresses were forwarded to the authorities concerned. The following table shows the numbers of addresses of outworkers received from the sanitary authorities referred to during 1928.

Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,489 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 21 of these were residents in other Boroughs, their addresses were forwarded to the authorities concerned. The following table shows the numbers of addresses of outworkers received from the sanitary authorities referred to during 1928.

DISTRICTS.Making Wearing Apparel.Confectionery Packing.Artificial Flowers.Furniture and Upholsterv.Fur Pulling.Feather Sorting.Umbrellas, &c.Paper bags and Boxes.Brush Making.Fancy Leather Goods.Card Mounting.Crackers and Toys.Totals.
Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug,Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.
Battersea...2..................................................................2
Bethnal Green4948..................l.........1...34261010............l1181
Camberwell23..................................................................5
City of London210199......1092...52......31291.........3.........l...505
Chelsea.........................................................2.........57
Enfield2.....................................................................2
Finsbury6668......316...178......826531.........1......1715318
Hackney12379...233......11............1730371.........93282
Hammersmith21..................................................................3
Holborn34..................................................................7
Hornsey13..................................................................4
Poplar...1..................................................................1
Islington1317.........6...1...1...............112...............4473
Kingston11..................................................................2
Kensington...2.....................1..........................................3
Leyton13.............................................1..................5
Lambeth...2..................................................................2
Southwark.............................................1........................1
St. Marvlebone34..................................................................7
Stepney710....................................64........................27
St. Pancras...4...............1................................................5
Stoke Newington32............................................................4211
Tottenham...1..................................................................1
Wandsworth...1..................................................................1
Westminster1717..................................................................34
503472...21834431416...24031135103151843...63630
Totals9752527302712383376661,489