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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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HOME WORK
The following is a summary of the lists received from employers in the borough:-
| NATURE OF WORK | OUTWORKERS LISTS, SECTION 110 | Outwcrk inunwholes one premises, Section III | Outwork in infected | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lists received from Employers | Notices served on Occu piers as to keeping or sending Lists | Prosecutions | Instances | Notices served | Prosecutions | Instances | Coders made | Prosecutions | |||||||
| February | August | Failing to keep or permit in speotion of Lists | Failing to send Lists | ||||||||||||
| Lists | Outworkers | Lists | Outworkers | ||||||||||||
| Contractors | Workmen | Contractors | Workmen | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Making of Wearing | |||||||||||||||
| apparel | 12 | 62 | 357 | 15 | 70 | 406 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Artificial Flowers | 1 | - | 16 | 2 | - | 52 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paper bags | 1 | - | 11 | 1 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Boxes | 4 | - | 53 | 4 | - | 96 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Brushes | 1 | - | 12 | 1 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Carding of buttons. | 1 | - | 23 | 1 | - | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuffed toy making. | 1 | - | 6 | 1 | - | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cosaques, etc. | 1 | - | 14 | 2 | - | 39 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Fancy leather goods. | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 23 | 62 | 494 | 28 | 70 | 662 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | 2 | - | - |