London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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Poplar 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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by way of his trade to give out any work or any materials for the
performance of any work in any trade or industry, to which the
Act shall apply to any person to be done in any dwelling-place, unless
such person is in possession of a certificate granted to him under the
provisions of the Act.
Any person desirous of taking in any work or materials for the
performance of any work in any trade or industry to which the provisions
of the Act shall apply to be done in any dwelling shall before taking
in any such work apply to one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Factories
for the district in which is situate the dwelling-place in which he proposes
to do such work.
The certificate will remain in force (with provisos) for a period of six
months, and is to be renewed at the expiration of this period.
The inspection of the premises is to be undertaken by ELM. Inspector
of Factories.
| Workshops on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 78 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 27 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 28 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 19 | |
| Workshops | 391 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 63 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 299 | |
| Total number of workshops on Register | 905* | |
* See Tables A and B, and pages 112 and 113.