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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 1908
[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 un- j wholesome premises, Section 108.* | Outwork in infected premises,* Sections 109, 110. | ||||||||||||||
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| Lists received from Employers. | Sumber 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. | Notices served on Occupiers as ;o keeping or sending lists. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||||||||||||
| Contractors | Workmen. | Contractors | Workmen. | |||||||||||||||
| (i) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (V | (8) | (9) | (10) | (H) | (12) | (13) | (14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
| Wearing Apparel— | Males 162 | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, &c. | 120 | 38 | 1720 | 9 | 89 | 1425 | 831 | '23 | 1 | 1957 | ||||||||
| (2) Cleaning and washing | ||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 10 | 899 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 545 | 1 | 519 | ||||||||||
| Basket Making | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brush Making | .. | 130| | † | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | 136 | 38 | 2169 | 11 | 139 | 1579 | 1376 | 23 | 2 | 2638 | § | |||||||
| * For Infectious Diseases see page 71. ‡Included in 23 above. | †The inspections are included in the 1957 above, see column 13. § See page 71.—28 Scarlet Fever, 7 Diphtheria and 5 Erysipelas, also 4 cases of Measles. | |||||||||||||||||