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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Trade or Business. | Number Employing Female Assistants. | Number of Female Assistants Employed. |
---|---|---|
Licensed Victuallers | 86 | 182 |
Drapers | 50 | 140 |
Milliners | 6 | 12 |
Dining Rooms | 71 | 109 |
Confectioners | 27 | 49 |
Bakers | 12 | 20 |
Tobacconists | 8 | 12 |
Butchers | 4 | 4 |
Grocers | 7 | 14 |
Fancy Goods | 14 | 33 |
Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 2 | 3 |
Florists | 4 | 14 |
Furniture Dealers | 2 | 2 |
Cornchandler | 1 | 1 |
General | 3 | 3 |
Boots and Shoes | 9 | 11 |
Dairies | 8 | 13 |
Glass and China | 5 | 8 |
Co-operative Society Counting House | 1 | 5 |
Fishmongers | 4 | 4 |
Domestic Machinery, &c. | 3 | 11 |
Stationers and Newsagents | 8 | 14 |
Hairdresser | 1 | 1 |
Oil and Colour Merchants | 2 | 2 |
Dyer | 1 | 1 |
Stall | 1 | 1 |
Clothier | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 341 | 670 |