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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 1919
Annual report for the year 1919 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. | 1919. 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 | 49 | 788 | 53 | 855 | 422 | 385 | 502 | 536 |
| Tailoring | 36 | 429 | 39 | 523 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 3 | 69 | 3 | 65 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 4 | 56 | 5 | 44 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 3 | 23† | 3 | 25‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 3 | 211 | 3 | 198 | ||||
*See page 79. †16 Males and 7 Females. ‡17 Males and 8 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 | 61 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 19 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 7 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 4 | |
| Workshops | 276* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 21 | |
| Workplaces | 181 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 17 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 3l4† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 900‡ | |
*9 where men and women are employed.
†Power is used in 27 of these premises.
‡See Tables A and B, and pages 75 and 76.