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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 1909
[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.t | Orders made (S. 110). | Prosecutions. (Sections 109, 110). | |||||||||||||
| Twice in the year. | Once in the year. | Notices served on Occupiers as o keeping or ending lists. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lists. | Outworkers. | |||||||||||||||
| Contractors | Workmen. | Con- | Work- | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | 14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
| Wearing Apparel— | Males 256 | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, &c. | 116 | 105 | 1493 | 9 | .. | 54 | 1570 | 756 | .. | .. | .. | Females 1131 | ||||||
| (2) Cleaning and washing Lace, lace curtains and nets Artificial Flowers | 1387 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 18 | .. | 943 | .. | .. | .. | 31 | 536 | .. | .. | .. | 560 | ||||||
| Basket Making | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brush Making | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 125 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 81 | ||||||
| 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 | 105 | 2436 | 9 | 54 | 1726 | 1292 | 2028 | † | |||||||||
* For Infectious Diseases see page 61.
† See page 61.—6 Scarlet Fever, 2 Diphtheria and 1 case of Measles.