Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The following table shows the numbers of outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms outside the Borough daring 1950, as notified by the various sanitary authorities.
NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1950.
DISTRICTS | Making Wearing Apparel | Toys and crackers | Artificial Flowers | Furniture and Up-holstery | Fur Pulling | Umbrellas Etc. | Paper Bags and Boxes | Brush Making | Fancy Leather Goods | Card Mounting | TOTALS | ||||||||||
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Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | ||
Bethnal Green | 9 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
Chelsea | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
City of London | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
Finsbury | 51 | 43 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | 11 | 21 | 171 |
Hackney | 41 | 29 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 11 | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 142 |
Hempstead | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Holborn | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 |
Islington | 8 | 11 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
Kensington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Lambeth | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
Lewisham | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Poplar | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
St. Pancras | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
St. Marylebone | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
Southwark | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Stepney | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 |
Stoke Newington | 5 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 17 |
Westminster | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
Wood Green | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Portsmouth | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Total | 146 | 112 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 27 | 4 | 3 | - | - | 12 | 23 | 440 |