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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
West Ham 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Table showing the Different Trades in which Outworkers were engaged during 1929.
| Household Linen | 3 | Wearing Apparel | 96 |
| Stationery | 2 | Dyers and Cleaners | 2 |
| Tailoring | 121 | Blouses | 17 |
| Overalls | 46 | ||
| Shirt Making | 80 | ||
| Boots and Shoes | 10 | ||
| Umbrellas | 13 | Dressing Gowns | 7 |
| Ties | 19 | Embroidery | 6 |
| Underclothing | 25 | Belts | 8 |
| Robes | 22 | Paper Bags | 3 |
| Costumes | 7 | Caps | 2 |
| Millinery | 7 | Furriers | 3 |
| Brushes | 24 | Laundry | 5 |
| Xmas Crackers | 5 | Dresses | 30 |
| Mantles | 16 | Badge-making | 1 |
| Boxes | 7 | Flag-making | 5 |
| Waterproofs | 3 | Shoe Trimmings | 1 |
| Re-caning | 1 | ||
| Upholstery | 1 | 600 | |
| Hassock-making | 2 | ||
| No. of Outworkers notified to West Ham from Undermentioned Districts. | No. of Outworkers Working for West Ham Firms notified to undermentioned Districts. | ||
| City of London | 107 | Stepney | 187 |
| Poplar | 83 | East Ham | 50 |
| Finsbury | 15 | Leyton | 40 |
| Stepney | 46 | Poplar | 16 |
| East Ham | 26 | Bethnal Green | 21 |
| Bethnal Green | 26 | Walthamstow | 2 |
| Shoreditch | 21 | Ilford | 4 |
| Leyton | 29 | ||
| Hackney | 25 | 320 | |
| Westminster | 10 | ||
| Marylebone | 6 | ||
| St. Pancras | 2 | ||
| Woolwich | 2 | ||
| 398 | |||