London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1916
Annual report for the year 1916 on the sanitary condition and vital statistics of the Metropolitan Borough of Poplar, comprising the registration sub-districts of Poplar, Bromley and Bow
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| Class of Homework. | 1916. 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 | 63 | 1,120 | 57 | 1,089 | 628 | 578 | 862 | 729 |
| Tailoring | 51 | 799 | 37 | 659 | ||||
| Shirt making | 1 | 15 | 1 | 12 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 4 | 44 | 8 | 121 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 2 | 23† | 1 | 5‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 5 | 239 | 10 | 292 | ||||
* See pages 121 and 126. † 18 Males and 5 Females. ‡ 5 Males.
See Miss Tattersall's report (page 177) under heading of
Outworkers.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 51 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 18 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 11 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Workshops | 272* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 21 | |
| Workplaces | 169 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 48 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 273† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 866‡ | |
* 7 where men and women are employed.
† Power is used in 31 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, and pages 122-123.