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Poplar 1917

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

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LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY ASD WORKSHOP ACT,

1901 (S.107).1

Class of Homework.1917. 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.
Total5789957933435442634623
Tailoring4046040517
Shirtmaking31093116
Miscellaneous691571
Shoemakers434†432‡
Boxes42055197

* See pages 109 and 114. † 18 Males and 16 Females. ‡ 18 Males and 14 Females.
See Miss Tattersall's report (page 165) 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 Workshops43
Bakehouse Domestic Workshops19
Laundries Workshops6
Laundries Domestic Workshops5
Workshops286*
Domestic Workshops18
Workplaces147
Workplaces Domestic23
Places where food is sold or prepared263†
Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register810‡

* 9 where men and women are employed,
† Power is used in 23 of these premises,
‡ See Tables A and B, and pages 110-111.
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