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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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1901
| 1923 Number of Lists received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class of Homework. | 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 | 41 | 547 | 45 | 571 | 268 | 309 | 403 | 207 |
| Tailoring | 30 | 259 | 33 | 255 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 116 | 5 | 153 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 42† | 4 | 42‡ | ||||
| Boxes | 1 | 123 | 2 | 115 | ||||
TABLE E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here. | Bakehouse Workshops | 55 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 1 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 4 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Workshops | 221* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 12 | |
| Workplaces | 129 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 35 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 251† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 711† | |
* 24 where men and women are employed.
† Power is used in 25 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, pages 51 and 52.
TABLE F.
| Class. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act(s. 133).. | 17 | |
| Action taken in matters referred. | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 7 |
| by H.M. Inspector as remedi | ||
| able under the Public Health | ||
| Acts, but not under the Fac | Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 7 |
| tory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | ||
| Other (Communications) | 10 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 26 | |