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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 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE D. Home Work.
| 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. | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | Outworkers. | |||||||||||||||
| Contractors | Workmen. | Lists. | Contractors | Workmen. | |||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | ||
| 212 | |||||||||||||||||
| Wearing Apparel— (1) Making, &c..... | 130 | 44 | 1856 | 2 | 73 | 1469 | 778 | 4 | |||||||||
| (2) Cleaning and washing | 1622 | ||||||||||||||||
| Lace, lace curtains and nets | |||||||||||||||||
| Artificial Flowers | |||||||||||||||||
| Nets, other than wire nets | |||||||||||||||||
| Tents | |||||||||||||||||
| Sacks | |||||||||||||||||
| Furniture and Upholstery | |||||||||||||||||
| Fur pulling | |||||||||||||||||
| Feather Sorting | |||||||||||||||||
| Umbrellas, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| Carding, &c., of buttons, &c. | |||||||||||||||||
| Paper Bags and Boxes | 4 | 453 | 3 | 80 | 24 | 321 | •• | 502 | |||||||||
| Basket Making | |||||||||||||||||
| Brush Making | •• | 113 | |||||||||||||||
| Racquet and Tennis Balls | |||||||||||||||||
| Stuffed Toys | |||||||||||||||||
| File Making | |||||||||||||||||
| Electro Plate | |||||||||||||||||
| Cables and Chains | |||||||||||||||||
| Anchors and Grapnels | |||||||||||||||||
| Cart Gear | |||||||||||||||||
| Locks, Latches and Keys | |||||||||||||||||
| Pea Picking | |||||||||||||||||
| Total | 134 | 44 | 2309 | 5 | .. | 153 | 1606 | 1099 | .. | 2124 | |||||||
* For Infectious Diseases see page 62.