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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 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Glass of Homework. | 1904. 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. | „ 1 No. of L,,S w,lt- workers. | ||||||
| Due Feb.1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due F&b. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |||||
| Total | 33 | 675 | 30 | 677 | 239 | 258 | 315 | 248 |
| Tailoring | 339 | 327 | ||||||
| Shirtraaking | 4 | 214 | 4 | 197 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 93 | 126 | |||||
| Shoemakers | 2 | 29* | 27* | |||||
* Males.
| Premises. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inspections. | Written Notices. | Prosecutions. | |||
| (Including Factory Laundries.) | 214 | Intimation. 15 | Statutory. 6 | Final. 1 | |
| Workshops (Including W orkshop Laundries.) | 868 | 88 | 45 | 2 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 47 | 5 | 1 | • • | |
| W orkplaces | 55 | 15 | 12 | 2 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepar'd | 572† | 57 | 28 | ||
| Homeworkers' Premises | 1,253 | 10 | •• | •• | |
| Total | 3,009 | 190 | 92 | 5 | |
*Not Bakehouses. See Table A, page 98.
†Power is used to chop meat for sausages, etc., in 16 of the above premises.
Whilst this report is being written 12 more premises where power is used have
been added to the registers.