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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 1918
Annual report for the year 1918 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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1901
| Class of Homework. | 1918. 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. L | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Total | 58 | 863 | 59 | 971 | 462 | 481 | 516 | 514 |
| Tailoring | 37 | 309 | 41 | 397 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 3 | 97 | 3 | 89 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 9 | 226 | 7 | 258 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 32† | 4 | 26‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 5 | 199 | 4 | 201 | ||||
*See page 87. †18 Males and 14 Females. ‡17 Males and 9 Females.
TABLE E.
Registered 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 bakehouses may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 58 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 17 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 7 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 2 | |
| Workshops | 280* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 22 | |
| Workplaces | 150 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 20 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 285† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 841‡ | |
*7 where men and women are employed.
†Power is used in 26 of these premises.
‡See Tables A and B, and pages 83 and 84.