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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Class of Homework. | 1913. 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 | 65 | 949 | 63 | 1,097 | 497 | 554 | 1,008 | 956 |
| Tailoring | 46 | 464 | 42 | 468 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 3 | 96 | 5 | 132 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 102 | 6 | 99 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 51† | 4 | 50‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 7 | 236 | 6 | 348 | ||||
* See pages 157 and 165. † 31 Males and 20 Females. ‡ 32 Males and 18 Females.
See Miss Tattersall's report (page 252) under heading of
Outworkers and National Insurance Act,
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 | 57 | 83 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 26 | ||
| Laundries Workshops | 12 | ||
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 10 | ||
| Workshops | 321* | ||
| Domestic Workshops | 39 | ||
| Workplaces | 161 | ||
| Workplaces Domestic | 28 | ||
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 283† | ||
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 937‡ | ||
* 6 where men and women are employed.
† Power is used in 35 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, and pages 161-162.