A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

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OCCUPATIONAL CLOTHING ENQUIRY

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  • Introduction 1

  • Summary of findings 2

  • 1. Pooling of coupons, receipt of awards and coupons 5

  • 2. The worker’s estimate of coupon requirements 10

  • 3. Spending of coupons and acquirement of clothes by other than normal purchase 18

  • 4. Occupational damage to clothing 33

  • 5. Appendices:

    • Tables of estimated requirements by occupation 35

    • Tables of causes of damage to clothing 50

    • Factory conditions of workers interviewed 64

    • Household and age of workers 67

    • Wages 68

    • Previous employment of women workers 68

    • Geographical distribution of sample 69

    • Sanitary knickers: a supplementary enquiry 70

    • Questionnaire At end

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