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Historical directory term
Enamel iron bath and sanitary ware importers
Commercial / service occupation
Service / retail
Low–Medium manual labour
Historical directory wording / modern equivalent may exist
What did this occupation involve?
Enamel iron bath and sanitary ware importers imported and supplied enamel iron bath and sanitary ware, usually to merchants, businesses or retail customers.
Historical wording: Housetory describes occupations according to the period and evidence available. Gender is retained where it is historically meaningful to a title or role; otherwise it is not assumed.
How Housetory classifies this entry
These classifications are present-day aids to help readers understand the character of the work. They sit alongside, rather than replace, the historical wording used in Sands and other sources.
Entry typeCommercial / service occupation
Modern work classService / retail
Manual labourLow–Medium
Typical work settingShop / warehouse / customer-facing
Seen in supplied Sands indexes
1905
Housetory connections
As Sands observations are linked to the canonical Trades & Professions registry, this area can show the people, houses, streets and directory years where this occupation appears in Housetory.
Planned linkage
House → resident → Sands evidence → occupation → other people and places