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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 1938
[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. | Number of Lists received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due Feb. 1st. j 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 | 36 | 334 | 35 | 319 | 223 | 223 | 220 | 194 |
| Wearing apparel | 29 | 269 | 28 | 249 | 191 | 180 | 176 | 157 |
| Paper bags, boxes, etc. | 6 | 67 | 5 | 61 | 32 | 35 | 8 | 15 |
| Miscellaneous | 1 | - | 2 | 9 | - | 8 | 36 | 22 |
Table E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Bakehouse Workshops | 6 | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses,may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 3 |
| Laundries Workshops | 2 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | — | |
| Workshops | 257 | |
| Workplaces | 254 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 1098* | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 1620 | |
* Power is used in 84 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).. | — | |
| Action taken in matters referred | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 3 |
| by H.M. Inspector as remedi | Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspector | 2 |
| able under the Public Health | ||
| Acts, but not under the Fac | ||
| tory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | ||
| Other (Communications) | 6 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |
| In use at the end of the year | 11 | |