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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 1936

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to 1,060 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 8 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 1936.

Table: Showing the Numbers of Outworkers Received from other Districts during 1936.

Showing the Numbers of Outworkers Received from other Districts during 1936.

districts.Making Wearing Apparel.Toys and Crackers.Artificial Flowers.Furniture and Upholstery.Fur Pulling.Umbrellas, &c.Paper Bags and Boxes.Brush Making.Fancy Leather Goods.Card Mounting.Stuffed Toys.Totals.
Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug
Bethnal Green2115...10..................l11214l...............8...83
Croydon...2............................................................2
Chelsea...1............................................................l
City of London133137......68......6101314............53............335
Finsbury585759,0191510431542825......9971 110......325
Hackney47481410...l1............1220........................145
Hampstead11...............1..........................................3
Holborn35............................................................8
Islington19,123...........................2...............1.........33
Kensington21............................................................3
Lambeth....................................2...........................2
Lewisham..................................................................1
Leyton11.................................2........................4
Poplar....................................92........................4
St. Marylebone24............................................................6
St. Pancras...2...2......................................................5
Stepney131121........................1...........................29
Stoke Newington......614......................................................20
Southwark44............11............1...........................11
Tottenham1...............................................................1
West Ham2..................1...............2........................5
Walthamstow1...............................................................1
Westminster1015............................................................25
311316175137241281011201960652341013102111,052
Totals62768612021391252442322