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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 1930

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,291 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 21 o£ these wereresidents 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 1930.

Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,291 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 21 o£ these wereresidents 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 1930.

districts.Making Wearing Apparel.Toys and Crackers.Artificial Flowers.Furniture and Upholstery.Fur Pulling.Lace Curtains.Umbrellas, &c.Paper Hags 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.Feb.Aug.
Batterseal.....................................................................1
Bermondseyl1..................................................................2
Bethnal Green394014201...2.....................2619........................177
Camberwell22..................................................................4
City of London1781913...3............7......27191.........23............440
Croydon...3..................................................................3
Deptford11..................................................................2
Edmonton...1..................................................................1
Finsbury62689107...l1...2......623440......6554......264
Hackney8579473...22...2......111626........................239
Hammersmith22..................................................................4
Hampstead11.....................................................................2
Holborn...4..................................................................4
Hornsey22..................................................................4
Poplar23..................................................................5
Islington19134421........................27........................52
Kingston11..................................................................2
Leyton21..........................................1.....................4
Southwark1.....................................................................1
St. Marylebone33..................................................................7
Stepney714.......................................3........................24
St. Pancras12..................................................................3
Stoke Newington3.......................................9...........................12
Tottenham.........1............................................................1
Westminster1815..................................................................33
Totals43044834421635361 2......3422889514148854......1,291
8787619818...5618328169...