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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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| Class of Homework. | 1908. Number of Lists received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Due Feb 1st. | Due Aug. 1st. | Forwarded to other Authorities. | Received from other Authorities, | |||||
| No. of Lists. | No. of Outworkers | No. o: Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Total | 70 | 1365 | 77 | 1431 | 523 | 843 | 699 | 880 |
| Tailoring | 47 | 545 | 50 | 586 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 5 | 86 | 5 | 55 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 9 | 236 | 8 | 248 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 33t | 7 | 58+ | ||||
| Boxes | 5 | 465 | 7 | 484 | ||||
| « See pages 118 and 123. f 30 Males and 3 Females. J 42 Males and 16 Females. | ||||||||
TABLE E. Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) | ||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses,' may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 66 | 96 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 30 | ||
| Laundries Workshops | 21 | ||
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 15 | ||
| Workshops | 363* | ||
| Domestic Workshops | 29 | ||
| Workplaces | 172 | ||
| Workplaces Domestic | 25 | ||
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 293f | ||
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 1014} | ||
| * 7 where men and women are employed, t Power is used in 37 of these premises. t See Tables a and B, and pages 119 and 120. | |||