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Poplar 1911

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]

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The making of paper bags;
The making of boxes or other receptacles or parts thereof
made wholly or partially of paper, cardboard, chip, or similar
materials;
The making of brushes;
Pea picking;
Feather sorting;
The carding, boxing, or packetting of buttons, hooks and
eyes, pins and hairpins;
The making of stuffed toys;
The making of baskets;
And any processes incidental to the above.
2. Section 110 (relating to the prohibition of home work in places
where there is infectious disease) shall apply to the following classes of
work:—
The making, cleaning, washing, altering, ornamenting,
finishing, and repairing of wearing apparel and any work incidental
thereto (as in the said section specified);
The making up, ornamenting, finishing and repairing of table
linen, bed linen or other household linen (including in the term
linen articles of cotton or cotton and linen mixtures (and any
processes incidental thereto;
The making, ornamenting, mending, and finishing of lace and
of lace curtains and nets;
The making of curtains and furniture hangings and any
processes incidental thereto;
Upholstery work;
Pur pulling;
The making or repairing of umbrellas, sunshades, parasols,
or parts thereof;
The making of artificial flowers;
The making of nets other than wire nets;
The making of tents ;
The making or repairing of sacks;
The covering of racquet or tennis balls;
The making of paper bags;
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