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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 1924
[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).*
| Class of Homework. | 1924 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 Li sts. | No. of Outworkers. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Total | 51 | 599 | 42 | 566 | 234 | 168 | 404 | 405 |
| Tailoring | 44 | 471 | 35 | 433 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 13 | 2 | 8 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 4 | 30 | 3 | 30 | ||||
| Boxes | 1 | 77 | 1 | 90 | ||||
* See page 62.
TABLE E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| 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 | 53 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 1 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 4 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Workshops | 372* | |
| Domestic Workshops | 14 | |
| Workplaces | 167 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 41 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 316† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 971‡ | |
* 20 where men and women are employed,
† Power is used in 31 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, pages 57 and 58.
TABLE F.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 12 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 22 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 19 | |
| Other (Communications) | 11 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 24 | |