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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 1910
[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. | dumber 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 to keeping or sending lists. | Failing to keep or permit inspection of lists. | Failing to send lists. | ||||||||||||||
| Lists. | Outworkers. | Lilts. | Outworkers. | |||||||||||||||
| Contractors | Work-men. | Contractors | Work-i men. | |||||||||||||||
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | (5) | (6) | (7) | (8) | (9) | (10) | (11) | (12) | (13) | 14) | (15) | (16) | (17) | (18) | (19) |
| Wearing Apparel— | Males 164 | |||||||||||||||||
| (1) Making, &c. | 112 | 100 | 1721 | 11 | .. | 68 | 1646 | 924 | .. | .. | .. | Females 1037 | ||||||
| (2) Cleaning and washing Lace, lace curtains and nets | 1201 | |||||||||||||||||
| 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 | 18 | .. | 964 | 1 | .. | 3 | 33 | 506 | .. | .. | .. | 510 | ||||||
| Basket Making | ||||||||||||||||||
| Brush Making | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 146 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 62 | ||||||
| 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 | 130 | 100 | 2685 | 12 | .. | 71 | 1825 | 1430 | .. | .. | .. | 1773 | † | |||||
* For Infectious Diseases see page 80.
† See page 80.—3 Scarlet Fever, and 1 Erysipelas.