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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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Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to 1,164 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as
9 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 1937.

Table: Table No. 114

Table No. 114

DistrictsMaking Wearing Apparel.Toys and Crackers.Artificial Flowers.Furniture and Upholstery.Fur Pulling.Umbrellas, Etc.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 Green22221611.....................11717...114............122
Croydon1...............................................................1
Camberwell...1............................................................1
City of London135125......98......10101416.........136............337
Dagenham...............................................................11
Finsbury67891834132885787...2423......2417658...391
Hackney3430...158411............123011...3...1......141
Hampstead22............................................................4
Holborn...3...1......................................................4
Hornsey1...............................................................1
Islington3212.................................2......14............51
Kensington2...............................................................2
Lambeth....................................1...........................1
Leyton11..............................1...........................3
Poplar212.........................................................5
St. Marylebone2...............................................................2
St. Pancras......................................................11......2
Stepney169............................................................25
Stoke Newington......96......................................................15
Southwark...7............11..........................................9
Tottenham51................................................1.........7
West Ham22............................................................4
Westminster1314............................................................27
Totals3373195567304010717182117557213293487811,156
65612270173538127463159