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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 1957
[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 1957 as notified by the various sanitary authorities.
| NUMBERS OF OUTWORKERS RECEIVED FROM OTHER DISTRICTS DURING 1957:- | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DISTRICTS | Making Wearing Apparel | Toys find Crackers | Artificial F lower s Jewellery | Hand -Bags | Umbrellas etc. | Paper Bags abd Boxes | Sweet wrapping | Furniture & Upholstery | Card Mounting | Brushes | Feather mounting | |||||||||||||
| Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | A.ug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb, | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Fob. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Feb. | Aug. | Fob, | Aug. | |
| Bethnal Gr oen | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 23 | 24 |
| Finsbury | 30 | 30 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | 7 | 8 | - | - | 1 | - | 54 | 90 |
| Hecknoy | 20 | 20 | - | - | 10 | 9 | - | - | 7 | - | 4 | 4 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 41 | 40 |
| Holborn | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 |
| Islington | 7 | 12 | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 20 |
| Kensington | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 |
| Lambeth | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Lewisham | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| S.Karylebone | 6 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 3 |
| London City | 6 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 4 |
| St.Pancras | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 |
| Southwark | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | |
| Stepney | 9 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 19 | 8 |
| Stoke | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Newington | 4 | 7 | 4 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 12 | 13 |
| Westminster | 16 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 7 |
| Totals | 127 | 122 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 58 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 1 | - | 195 | 219 |