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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
Walthamstow 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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NUMBER AND TRADES OF OUTWORKERS NOTIFIED
DURING 1938.
Wearing Apparel, making of 304 Furs 3
Brush Making .. .. 33 Artificial Flowers 9
Boxes 22 Toys 32
Carnival Hats 1 Handbags 4
Pattern Cards 3 Fancy Goods 9
Shoes 16
Total 436
Outworkers were notified from the following areas:—
City of London 96 St. Marylebone 4
Bethnal Green 1 Stepney 12
Finsbury 28 Shoreditch 10
Hackney 38 Tottenham 25
Islington 9 Walthamstow 108
Leyton 74 Westminster 10
Poplar 8 Other Areas 13
Total 436
A total of 522 visits was paid in connection with outworkers.
F.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
A table is given showing the incidence of notifiable disease in
the Towns of the London Outer Ring during 1938.