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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 1955
[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 during 1955 as notified by the various sanitary authorities.
NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1965.
| DISTRICTS | Making Wearing Apparel | Toys and Crackers | Artificial Flowers | Linen | Lampshades | Umbrellas etc. | Paper Bags and Boxes | Sweet Wrapping | Furniture & Upholstery | Card Mounting | Brushes | Totals | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Green | 20 | 20 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 22 | 23 |
| Finsbury | 43 | 32 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 1 | _ | - | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | 9 | 8 | — | - | 75 | 53 |
| Hackney | 59 | 19 | - | 22 | 11 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 20 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 117 | 45 | ||
| Holborn | 3 | 3 | 2 | - | — | - | - | - | - | _ | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 3 | |||||||
| Islington | 5 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 11 | |
| Kensington | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Kingston-on-Thames | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Lambeth | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
| Leyton | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| City of London | 6 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 7 |
| Poplar | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| St.Marylebone | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 4 | |
| St.Pancras | 3 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Southwark | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | |
| Stepney | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 5 |
| Stoke Newington | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 6 |
| Westminster | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - |
| Woolwich | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
| Totals | 166 | 109 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 266 | 168 | |