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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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1901
| Class of Homework. | 1915. 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 | 69 | 1.377 | 64 | 1,296 | 735 | 655 | 967 | 817 |
| Tailoring | 47 | 485 | 40 | 401 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 4 | 157 | 4 | 144 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 8 | 452 | 10 | 395 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 37† | 4 | 38J | ||||
| Boxes | 6 | 246 | 6 | 318 | ||||
* See pages 130 and 135. f 20 Male3 and 17 Females. J 21 Males and 17 Females.
See Miss Tattersall's report (page 190) under heading of
Outworkers.
TABLE E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the vear. | Number. | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | ||
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 51 | 68 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 16 | ||
| Laundries Workshops | 12 | ||
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | ||
| Workshops | 295* | ||
| Domestic Workshops | 27 | ||
| Workplaces | 159 | ||
| Workplaces Domestic | 24 | ||
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 260† | ||
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 846‡ | ||
* 10 where men and women are employed,
† Power is used in 27 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, and pages 131-132.