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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 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to 1,050 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 5 of these were residents mother 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 1938.Table No. 122

Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to 1,050 outworkers for firms outside Shoreditch and as 5 of these were residents mother 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 1938.

Table No. 122

DistrictsMaking Wearing ApparelToys and CrackersArtificial FlowersFurniture and UpholsteryFur PullingUmbrellas, Etc.Paper Bags and BoxesBrush MakingFancy Leather GoodsCard MountingStuffed ToysSweetsTotals
Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.Feb.Aug.
Bethnal Green241912........................151311........................76
Camberwell21..................................................................3
Chelsea...1..................................................................1
City of London112108......112......681513...211422...............287
Finsbury759912816163589412225......22201...............359
Fulham...1..................................................................1
Hackney4043171163...1............179...113...1............153
Hampstead22...............1..........................................229
Holborn44..................................................................8
Hornsey12..................................................................3
Islington78...4521...............24......24............2...41
Kensington22..................................................................4
Lewisham.....................1................................................1
Leyton11..................................................................2
Poplar.........1............................................................1
St. Pancras.........1............................................................1
St. Marylebone23..................................................................5
Southwark45............11................................................11
Stepney511.....................................................................16
Stoke Newington..................................................................111324
Tottenham2.....................................................................2
Walthamstow...2..................................................................2
West Ham63..................................................................9
Westminster1312.........1......................................................26
Totals3023273027382459141719145653232929445215171,045
62957621431331095588732