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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| Tailoring | 430 |
| The making of Shirts | 637 |
| „ „ Blouses | 320 |
| „ „ Underclothing | 58 |
| „ „ Pinafores | 43 |
| ,, „ Boots and Shoes | 31 |
| „ „ Skirts | 26 |
| ,, „ Brushes | 26 |
| ,, „ Millinery | 24 |
| ,, „ Ties | 15 |
| ,, ,, Boxes | 14 |
| , „ Mantles | 10 |
| „ „ Shoe Bows | 7 |
| „ „ Umbrellas | 7 |
| „ ,, Artificial Flowers | 5 |
| „ „ Collars | 6 |
| „ „ Waterproofs | 4 |
| „ „ Surgical Belts | 4 |
| ,, „ Caps | 3 |
| ,, ,, Lace | 2 |
| „ „ Braces | 2 |
| Fur Sewing | 6 |
| Laundry work | 14 |
| ElectroPlating | 2 |
| 1,696 |
Shop Hours Act and Seats for Shop Assistants Act.
—The offences under these Acts are: (1) Employing a young person
under 18 years of age in or about a shop for more than 74 hours
(including meal times) in a week, (2) Non-exhibition in a shop
where young persons are employed of the Statutory Notice, and
(3) Non-provision of suitable seats for women Shop Assistants.
The infringements of the above provisions discovered during the
year were:—
In respect of hours worked 30
„ exhibition of Notice 215
„ Seats 3