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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
Poplar 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT,
1901 (S. 107).
| Class of Homework. | 1932 Number of Lists received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due Feb. 1st. | Due Aug. 1st. | Forwarded to other Authorities. | Received from other Authorities. | |||||
| No. of Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | No. of Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Total | 44 | 169 | 44 | 149 | 177 | 236 | 156 | 263 |
| Tailoring | 36 | 105 | 35 | 104 | 177 | |||
| Shirtmaking | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 3 | 36 | 4 | 19 | 236 | 156 | 263 | |
| Boxes | 3 | 23 | 3 | 18 | ||||
| Overalls | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | ||||
Table E.
Kegistered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehousesmay be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 19 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 3 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | — | |
| Workshops | 290 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 23 | |
| Workplaces | 365 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 47 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 819† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 1569 | |
† Power is used in 87 of these premises.
Table F.
| Class. | Number, | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | Nil | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 12 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 9 (3 in 1933) | |
| Other (Communications) | 18 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— Certificates granted during the year | — | |
| In use at the end of the year | 20 | |