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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 1933

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The following is a summary of the lists received from employers in the Borough:—

The following is a summary of the lists received from employers in the Borough:—

NATURE OF WORK.OUTWORKERS' LISTS, SECTION 107.Outwork in unwholesome premises. Section 108.Out work in infected premises. Sections 109 and 110.
Lists received from Employers.Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists.Prosecutions.Instances.Notices servedProsecutions.Instances.Orders made (S.109)Prosecutions. (S. 109. 110.)
Twice in the Year.Once in the Year.Failing to keep or permit inspection of Lists.Failing to send Lists.
Lists.Outworkers.Lists.Outworkers.
ContractorsWork-men.ContractorsWorkmen.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
Wearing apparel:—
(1) Making, &c.401065163...14..................10......
(2) Cleaning and washing.............................................
Furniture and upholstery.............................................
Artificial flowers2...8...........................4......
Fur pulling2...16....................................
Umbrellas.............................................
Paper bags and boxes14...1442...19...........................
Brush making.............................................
Xmas Crackers.............................................
Leather Goods....................................3......
Carding of Buttons2...24...........................1......
Totals601067085...33..................29......

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(a) There were no names and addresses of outworkers received in respect to the following' classes of work —Sacks, basket
making, mats other than wire nets, racquet and tennis balls, stuffed toys, file making, electro plate, cables and chains, anchors and
grapnels, cart gear, locks, latches and keys, pea picking, household linen, lace, lace curtains and nets, curtains and furniture
hangings, brass and brass articles, tents, feather sorting, cleaning and washing, furniture and upholstery, umbrellas, brush making,
Xmas crackers and leather goods.
(b) The figures in columns 2, 3 and 4 are the total number o f lists received from employers who sent them both for February
and August, and of the entries of names of outworkers in those lists. They are therefore double the number of employers and
approximately double the number of individual workers whose names are given, since in the February and August lists of the same
employers, the same outworker's name will often be repeated.
(c) See page 70 of this report with regard to infectious disease in the houses of outworkers.