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Poplar 1914

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

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LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT,1901 (S. 107).*

Class of Homework.1914. 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 Outworker?.No.of Lists.No. of Outworkers.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.Due Feb. 1.Due Aug. 1.
Total63957631,123553569901890
Tailoring4544844477
Shirt making31193115
Miscellaneous462674
Shoemakers449†449‡
Boxes72796408

* See pages 175 anrl 183. † 30 Males and 19 Females. ‡ 30 Males and 19 Females.
See Miss Tattersall's report (page 274) under heading of
Outworkers.

TABLE E.Registered Workshops and Workplaces.

Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year.Number.
(1)(2)
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses -may be enumerated here.Bakehouse Workshops6389
Bakehouse Domestic Workshops26
Laundries Workshops11
Laundries Domestic Workshops8
Workshops314*
Domestic Workshops30
Workplaces162
Workplaces Domestic25
Places where food is sold or prepared300†
Total number ofworkshops and workplaces, etc., on Register939‡
* 9 where men and women are employed, † Power is used in 31 of these premises. ‡ See Tables A and B, and pages 178-180,