London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Nature of Work. | Outworkers' List, Section 107. | Number of Inspections of Outworkers' premises. | Outwork in unwholesome premises, Section 108.* | Outwork in infected premises, Sections 109, 110. | |||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers received from other Councils. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers forwarded to other Councils. | Prosecutions. | ||||||||||||
| Instances. | Notices served. | Prosecutions. | Instances. | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions. (Sections 109, 110). | ||||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | ||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) |
| Wearing Apparel— (1) Making, &c. | 90 | 1688 | 11 | 19 | 908 | 818 | 1 | .. | 2029 | ||||||
| (2) Cleaning and washing | |||||||||||||||
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | |||||||||||||||
| Furniture and Upholstery | |||||||||||||||
| Fur pulling | |||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas | |||||||||||||||
| Paper Bags and Boxes | 4 | 200 | .. | .. | .. | 81 | .. | .. | 127 | ||||||
| Brush Making | • | ||||||||||||||
| Stuffed Toys | |||||||||||||||
| File Making | |||||||||||||||
| Electro Plate | |||||||||||||||
| Cables and Chains | |||||||||||||||
| Anchors and Grapnels | |||||||||||||||
| Cart Gear | |||||||||||||||
| Locks, Latches and Keys | |||||||||||||||
| Total | 94 | 1888 | 11 | 19 | 908 | 899 | 1 | 2156 | |||||||
* For Infectious Diseases see page 60.