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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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Communications were received from various sanitary authorities relating to 449 out-workers 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 1949.
NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1949.
| DISTRICTS | Making 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 | TOTALS | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug, | Feb, | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Fob. | Aug. | Ebb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Ebb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug | ||
| Bethnal Green | 12 | 11 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 28 |
| City of London | 9 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | – | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 |
| Finsbury | 47 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | - | - | 15 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 186 |
| Haclcney | 42 | 39 | 1 | - | 7 | 7 | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 110 |
| Hampstead | - | - | - | 53 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Holborn | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
| Islington | 11 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 29 |
| Kensington | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Luton | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Levton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Poplar | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 |
| St.Paricras | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
| St.Marvlebone | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
| Southwark | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
| Stepnev | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| Stoke Newinnrtan | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 |
| Westminster | 4 | 6 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 |
| Totals | 151 | 147 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 15 | - | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 32 | 23, | - |
| - | 290 | 7 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 60 | 441 | ||||||||||
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