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Shoreditch 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Shoreditch]
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The following table shows the number of outworkers living in Shoreditch and employed by firms outside the Borough during 1956 as notified by the various sanitary authorities.
| DISTRICTS | NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED PROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1956 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Making Wearing Apparel | Toys and Crackers | Artificial Flowers | Lamp Shades | Umbrellas etc. | Paper Bags and Boxes | Sweet wrapping | Furniture & Upholstery | Card Mounting | Brushes | Feather mounting | 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 | 23 | 25 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 27 | 26 |
| Finsbury | 54 | 35 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | 72 | 54 |
| Hackney | 20 | 14 | — | — | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | 20 |
| Holborn | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Islington | 1 | 19 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 27 |
| Kensington | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Lewisham | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| S.t.Marylebone | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 3 |
| London, City of | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 |
| St. Pancras | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 |
| Southwark | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Stepney | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | — | — | 5 | 26 |
| Stoke Newington | 5 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 7 |
| Westminster | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 35 | — |
| Woolwich | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Tottenham | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 |
| Totals | 161 | 124 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 10 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 20 | — | 1 | 201 | 180 |