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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 1905
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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3.-OTHER MATTERS.
| Class. | Number. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspectors of Factories:— Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 63 | |||
| Action taken in matters re-ferred by H.M. Inspectors as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory Act(S. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector.. | 6 | ||
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspectors. | 11 | |||
| Other | .. | |||
| Letters | 9 | |||
| Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | ||||
| Certificate granted during the year | .. | |||
| In use at the end of 1905 | 36 | |||
| Homework:— | Number of | |||
| Lists. | out-workers. | |||
| Lists received | 79 | 1604 | ||
| Addresses of outworkers | forwarded to other Authorities.. | 105 | 552 | |
| received from other Authorities.. | 270 | 891 | ||
| Wearing Apparel. | Other. | |||
| Notices prohibiting homework in unwholesome premises (S. 108) | See Ann. | Rpt., p. 59 | ||
| Cases of infectious diseases notified in homeworkers' premises, including Measles | 75 | See Ann. Rpt., p. 59 | ||
| Orders prohibiting homework in infected premises (S. 110) | .. | •• | ||
| Workshops on the Registers (S. 131) at the end of 1905. Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bake-houses, may be enumerated here. See Tables A and B, pages | ||||
| Total number of workshops on Registers | 418*' | |||
*The Lists are received twice in the year. The year's figures required in the Table are
obtained by adding together the two half-yearly totals.
** Not including workplaces and Domestic Workshops. See page 116 See also remarks
Page 115.