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Public Health Department,
December 3ht, 1903.
To the Medical Officer of Health.
Sir,—
I beg to present to you my fourth Annual Report of the
work done in factories, workshops, and among outworkers, during
the year 1903.
During the year, five workrooms have been overcrowded; two
in Bromley, and three in Bow.
1 have reported four factories and seven workshops as having
insufficient or no separate closet accommodation. One employer
closed his workshop, and one discharged the females. In one case
alterations were made and two employers made satisfactory arrangements,
and in one case temporary provision was made pending the
removal of the factory next March. Legal proceedings were taken
against one employer for failing to comply with the Notice of the
Council, resulting in the defendant being lined £5 and 23s. costs.
At the present time the necessary work at these premises and the
four remaining cases is nearly completed.
The women's conveniences at Bow Road, and Blackwall, have
been inspected frequently, and have usually been found in a satisfactory
condition.
The outworkers lists have been inspected at the premises from
which work is given out, and lists have been received from 72
employers in the Borough. 137 lists have been forwarded from
other Boroughs, containing the names of persons who live in Poplar.
69 lists have been sent to other Councils containing the names of
persons who work for employers in Poplar.
From these lists 1636 visits have been made to the homes of
the outworkers, and a large number of the 88 new workshops registered
during the year have been discovered in this way.