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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Class of Homework. | 1912. 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. of Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Total | 77 | 1,414 | 74 | 1,185 | 743 | 593 | 1,048 | 1,060 |
| Tailoring | 53 | 545 | 49 | 593 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 5 | 157 | 5 | 145 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 6 | 131 | 7 | 93 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 59† | 4 | 53‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 9 | 522 | 9 | 299 | ||||
* See pages 141, 142 and 149. f 40 Males and 19 Females. J 34 Males and 19 Females.
TABLE E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the vear. (1) | Number. (2) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses -may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 58 | | 84 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 26 | | ||
| Laundries Workshops | 16 | ||
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 10 | ||
| Workshops | 331* | ||
| Domestic Workshops | 28 | ||
| Workplaces | 159 | ||
| Workplaces Domestic | 23 | ||
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 307† | ||
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 958‡ | ||
* 8 where men and women are employed.
† Power is used in 38 of these premises.
‡See Tables A and B, and pages 144 and 146.