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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 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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133
HOME WORK
The following is a summary of the lists received from employers in the Borough:—

Table: Table No. 113

Table No. 113

NATURE OF WORK.OUTWORKERS' LISTS. SECTION 107.Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108.Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109 and 110.
Lists received from Employers.Notices served on Occupiers as to keeping or sending Lists.Prosecutions.Instances.Notices served.Prosecutions.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.
Contractors.Work-men.Contractors.Work-men.
(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)(9)(10)(11)(12)(13)(14)(15)(16)
Wearing apparel:—
(1) Making, etc.32753505911.........3636Nil.6......
(2) Cleaning and washing.............................................
Artificial flowers2...11..................99Nil.Nil.......
Upholstery...........................22Nil..........
Paper bags and boxes28...132..................5151Nil.16......
Fancy leather goods6...23..................2121Nil.Nil.......
Carding of buttons...........................22Nil.Nil.......
Totals68755165911.........121121Nil.22......

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(a) The figures in columns 2, 3 and 4 are the total number of lists received from employers who sent them both for February and
August, and of the entries of names of outworkers in those lists. Therefore these figures constitute 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.
(b) See page 132 of this report with regard to infectious disease in the houses of outworkers.