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Bethnal Green 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]

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Registered Workshops.
Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year
Number
Workshops
1,110
Workshop Bakehouses
36
Total Number of Workshops on Register
1,146
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
remediable under the Public
Health Acts, but not under
the Factory and Workshops
Acts (s. 5, 1901).
Notified by H.M. Inspector
38
"Reports (of action taken)
sent to H.M. Inspector.
38
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101) in use at the end of the year
(including factories)
19
Much interesting information as to the occupations
of Bethnal Green residents is contained in
the census volumes issued during the past year.
The following figures show the most important
groupings of the population at work :—
Tailors, dressmakers, etc. 9,466
Road, water and rail transport, etc. 7,372
Cabinet makers and other woodworkers 5,883
Personal service (institutions, hotels, etc.) 4,919
Shopkeepers, assistants, hawkers, etc 4,688
Warehousemen, storekeepers, packers 2,531