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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 1954

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]

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Table: The following table shows the numbers of outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms outside the Borough during 1954 as notified by the various sanitary authorities.

The following table shows the numbers of outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms outside the Borough during 1954 as notified by the various sanitary authorities.

DISTRICTSNUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1954.Totals
Making Wearing ApparelToys and CrackersArtificial FlowersLinenLamp-shadesUmbrellas etc.Paper Bags and BoxesSweet WrappingFancy Leather GoodsCard MountingBrushes
FebAugFebAug,FebAug.Feb,Aug.FebAug.FebAug.Feb.Aug.Feb,Aug.FebAugFebAug.FebAug.FebAug.
Bethnal Green2521212_-----1----___112925
Chelsea11--------------------11
Finsbury44523131-1-23323--861210--7579
Hackney287--18-1-----3111--3---549
Hampstead------1---------------1-
Holborn-122------------------23
Islington8111-431-1----------1--1515
Kingston-on-Thames11--------------------11
Lambeth-1---------------------1
City of London.69---------------------69
St.Marylebone-4---------------------4
St.Panoras43----1---------------53
Southgate11--------------------11
Southwark14--------------------14
Stepney43--------------------43
Stoke Newington43--------------------43
Tottenham1---------------------2-
Westminster811--------------------811
Totals13613384256411233641196151111209172