London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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| TRADES. | Number of Shops visited. | Number employ ing Young Persons. | Number of Young Persons employed. | Infringements | Number employing Female Asstnts. | Number of Female Asstnts. employed. | Infringements, Seats. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hours. | Notices. | |||||||
| Boots and Shoes | 78 | 47 | 53 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | – |
| Butchers | 128 | 51 | 51 | - | 16 | 6 | 8 | – |
| Builders' Merchants | 15 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | – |
| Bakers and Pastrycooks | 80 | 26 | 34 | - | 9 | 20 | 43 | – |
| Chemists and Druggists | 43 | 26 | 31 | - | - | 5 | 5 | – |
| China and Glass | 10 | 4 | 7 | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | – |
| Confectioners | 100 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 27 | 29 | – |
| Cornchandlers | 56 | 30 | 42 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 1 |
| Cycle Agents | 12 | 6 | 6 | - | 3 | - | - | – |
| Dairies | 28 | 16 | 56 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 6 | - |
| Drapers | 100 | 33 | 65 | – | 5 | 48 | 143 | – |
| Dining Rooms | 120 | 30 | 37 | 2 | 12 | 66 | 139 | – |
| Domestic Machinery | 20 | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 8 | 13 | – |
| Fishmongers | 49 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Fancy Goods | 39 | 14 | 26 | - | 5 | 14 | 37 | – |
| Furniture | 22 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 10 | – |
| Grocery and Provisions | 243 | 123 | 154 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 21 | – |
| Greengrocers and Fruiterers | 127 | 46 | 49 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 1 |
| General Salesmen | 33 | 13 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 4 | – |
| Hatters and Hosiers | 34 | 15 | 22 | - | 1 | 8 | 21 | – |
| Hairdressers | 142 | 99 | 103 | 4 | 32 | – | – | – |
| Ironmongery | 20 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | – |
| Newsagents and Stationers | 117 | 91 | 132 | – | 13 | 7 | 16 | – |
| Oil and Colour | 92 | 49 | 59 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – |
| Pawnbrokers | 32 | 27 | 48 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Photographers | 7 | 3 | 3 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Public Houses | 200 | 34 | 38 | 2 | 15 | 69 | 128 | – |
| Picture Dealers | 8 | 4 | 5 | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | – |
| Saddlery and Leather Cutters | 15 | 4 | 6 | – | 2 | – | – | – |
| Tobacconists | 38 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Tailors and Outfitters | 61 | 27 | 28 | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | – |
| Wine and Spirit Merchants | 5 | 4 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Watchmakers and Jewellers | 13 | 8 | 11 | - | 1 | 3 | 6 | – |
| Totals | 2087 | 887 | 1165 | 32 | 244 | 354 | 690 | 2 |
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