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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Class of Homework. | 1921 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 | 34 | 431 | 41 | 512 | 234 | 286 | 400 | 392 |
| Tailoring | 25 | 232 | 30 | 332 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | - | 3 | 41 | |||||
| Miscellaneous | 3 | 9 | 3 | 16 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 40† | 4 | 33‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 2 | 150 | 1 | 120 | ||||
* See page 76. †15 Males and 25 Females. ‡ 13 Males and 20 Females.
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 | 42 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 13 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 7 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Workshops | 271* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 11 | |
| Workplaces | 159 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 20 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 273† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 799‡ | |
* 10 where men and women are employed.
† Power is used in 16 of these premises.
‡See Tables A and B, pages 72 and 73.
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