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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,336 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 1929.
Showing the Numbers of Outworkers Received from other Districts during 1929.
| DISTRICTS. | Making Wearing Apparel. | Toys and Crackers. | Artificial Flowers. | Furniture and Upholstery. | Fur Pulling. | Lace Curtains. | Umbrellas, See. | Paper Bags and Boxes. | Brush Making. | Fancy Leather Goods. | Card Mounting. | Sponges. | Totals. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bethnal Green | 36 | 42 | 14 | 8 | 121 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Camberwell | 3 | 2 | 5 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| City of London | 199 | 204 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 497 | |||||||||||
| Deptford | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Edmonton | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Finsbury | 73 | 68 | 7 | 17 | 5 | l | 1 | 9 | 7 | 38 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 288 | |||||||||
| Hackney | 79 | 86 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 212 | ||||||||||||
| Hammersmith | 2 | 2 | 3 | ... | 25 | 7 | ... | 39 | |||||||||||||||||
| Hampstead | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Holborn | 5 | 5 | 10 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hornsey | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Poplar | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Islington | 18 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kingston | 2 | 2 | ... | ... | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Kensington | ... | ... | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Leyton | 2 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lambeth | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Southwark | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 2 | 4 | ... | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Stepney | 8 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||
| St. Pancras | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stoke Newington | 10 | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 18 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Tottenham | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Westminster | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 25 | |||||||||||||||
| 444 | 475 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 6 | ... | 1 | 1,336 | |||||||||||||||
| Totals | 919 | 46 | 45 | 12 | 10 | l | 73 | 180 | 20 | 16 | 13 | l | |||||||||||||