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Poplar 1920
[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).1
| Class of Homework. | 1920 Number o£ 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 | 49 | 805 | 47 | 790 | 382 | 389 | 530 | 492 |
| Tailoring | 36 | 417 | 35 | 488 | ||||
| Shirt making | 2 | 65 | 9 | 55 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 34 | 5 | 22 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 3 | 26† | 2 | 21‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 3 | 263 | 3 | 204 | ||||
* See page 76. †17 Males and 9 Females. ‡10 Males and 11 Females.
| [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 Workshops | 49 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 15 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 6 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Workshops | 277* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 25 | |
| Workplaces | 201 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 31 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 3 l1† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 918‡ | |
* 9 where men and women are employed,
† Power is used in 22 of these premises.
‡See Tables A and B, pages 72 and 73.
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