A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

RG 23/12 - Clothing Needs in Fifteen Occupational Groups: An Enquiry into Clothing Needs of 4,700 workers in 15 Occupational Groups, made in March and April 1942 for the Board of Trade

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Summary of Findings
  4. 1. Pooling of Clothing Coupons in Families, and the Giving and Taking of Coupons.
  5. 2. Estimates of Annual Clothing Requirements
  6. 3. Spending of Clothing Coupons
  7. 4. Occupational Damage to Clothing
  8. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 1. Women Engineering Machinists
  9. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 2. Men in Heavy Engineering & Shipbuilding
  10. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 3. Men in Heavy Engineering and Shipbuilding
  11. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 4. Men in Iron & Steel Manufacture
  12. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 5. Women in Iron & Steel Manufacture
  13. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 6. Men Distributive Workers
  14. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 7. Women Distributive Workers
  15. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 8. Ironstone Quarry Workers
  16. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 9. Limestone Quarry Workers
  17. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 10. Clay Quarry Workers
  18. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 11. Slate Quarry Workers
  19. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 12. Building Trades
  20. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 14. Women Agriculturalists
  21. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 14. Men Transport Workers
  22. Estimated Clothing Requirements - 15. Men Agriculture
  23. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 1: Women Engineering Machinists
  24. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 2: Men in Heavy Engineering & Ship-building
  25. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 4: Men in Iron & Steel Manufacture
  26. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 6: Men Distributive Workers
  27. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 8: Ironstone Quarry Workers
  28. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 10: Clay Quarry Workers
  29. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 12: Men in the Building Trade
  30. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 13: Women Agriculturists
  31. Causes of Damage to Clothing - Occupational Group 14: Men in non-uniformed Commercial and Passenger Transport
  32. Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 1 - Women: Engineering Machinists
  33. Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 3 - Women: Heavy Engineering
  34. Factory Conditions of Workers Interviewed - Occupational Group No. 5 - Women: Iron and Steel Manufacture
  35. Number of Persons in Family
  36. Wages (Men and Women): Previous Employment (Women Only)
  37. Questionnaire - Part 1
  38. Questionnaire - Part 2

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