Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Males. | Females. | |
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432 | 432 | Ltnen draper, mercer. |
32 | 86 | Fancy goods worker, dealer. |
11 | — | Other dealers. |
45 | 14 | Hatter, hat manufacture (with straw plait) |
405 | 596 | Tailor. |
34 | 2,302 | Milliner, dressmaker, staymaker. |
27 | 385 | Shirtmaker, seamstress. |
86 | 98 | Hosier, glover. |
656 | 74 | Shoemaker. |
212 | 6 | Wigmaker, hairdresser. |
47 | 31 | Umbrella stick maker. |
14 | 25 | Others working and dealing in clothes. |
126 | 11 | Tallow chandler, candle maker. |
177 | 5 | Soap boiler, maker. |
63 | 3 | Manure manufacture. |
9 | — | Bone, horn, ivory, tortoise shell worker. |
22 | — | Others working in similar industries. |
96 | 38 | Furrier, skinner. |
69 | 11 | Currier, leather goods maker, dealer. |
87 | 52 | Brush, broom maker, dealer. |
10 | 20 | Quill, feather dresser, dealer. |
173 | 24 | Oil and colourman. |
41 | 4 | Floorcloth manufacture. |
259 | 107 | India rubber, water proof goods, worker. |
95 | 2 | Others in similar industries. |
21 | 7 | Basket makers, hay and straw cutters. |
4 | — | Cane, rush, straw dealer. |
73 | 1 | Timber, cork, bark merchant, dealer. |
175 | — | Sawyer. |
66 | 38 | Wood turner, wooden box maker. |
362 | — | Cooper. |
131 | 20 | Others working in wood, cork, bark. |
18 | 3 | Paper manufacture. |
128 | 49 | Stationer. |
22 | 11 | Ticket, label writer. |
3 | 14 | Envelope maker. |
40 | 87 | Others working in paper. |
95 | 6 | Coal, coke, &c., dealer. |
858 | — | Coalheaver, labourer. |
1,288 | 3 | Gasworks service and mine service. |
547 | — | Platelayer, railway navvy. |
109 | — | Paviour, road labourer. |