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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 1932

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,157 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 5 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 1932.

Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to some 1,157 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 5 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 1932.

Districts.Making Wearing Aonarel.Toys and Crackers.Artificial Flowers.Furniture and Upholstery.Fur PullingLace CurtainsUmbrellas. &c.Paper Bags and Boxes.Brush MakingFancy Leather Goods.Card Mounting.Racquets or Tennis BallsTotals.
Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb. j Aug. 1Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.
Bethnal Green30212419..............................131099..................135
Camberwell1.....................................................................1
City of London ...1781582246......l2......2221............82............406
Finsbury555Q9136149...2.........632527......61............244
Fulham1.....................................................................1
Hackney5860142644.....................923........................192
Hammersmith11..................................................................2
Hampstead14..................................................................5
Holborn55..................................................................10
Hornsey11..................................................................2
Islington ..129............1.....................78........................46
Kensington11..................................................................2
Ley ton1.....................................................................2
Poplar33..................................................................6
St. Marylebone75..................................................................12
St. Pancras2.....................................................................2
Southwark44............1...................................................10
Stepney1115..................................................................26
Stoke Newington.............................................18........................18
West Ham11....................................1...........................3
Westminster1314..................................................................27
Totals386163533621248832......282456871211143762...1,152
7478945165...521432317132