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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
Bethnal Green 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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Registered Workshop
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number | |
|---|---|---|
| Workshops | 1186 | |
| Workshop Bakehouses | 36 | |
| Total Number of Workshops on Register | 1222 | |
| Other Matters. | ||
| Class | Number | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Acts (s. 133, 1901) | 27 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remedi-able under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshops Acts (s. 5, 1901). | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 20 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H. M. Inspector. | 20 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year (including factories) | 10 | |
Home Workers.
Of the 2,436 workmen and contractors whose
names appeared on the lists received, 1,708 resided
within the Borough. The latter figure is approximately
double the number of individual workers, as in
the majority of cases the same people are notified in
February and in August.