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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 1925

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

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Table: Home Workers on Register (Male).

Home Workers on Register (Male).

25Bootmaking.1Shirt making.
1Brush making.2Tailoring.

Table: Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*

Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*

1Artificial flower making.1Race card stamping.
1Badger hair sorting.2Sack and bag making.
1Bedding making.1Shirt and pyjama making.
4Boot upper making.1Seal stamping.
8Confectionery making.1Table jelly making.
3Cork cutting.69Tailoring.
1Corset making.2Tarpaulin Works
6Costume making.2Tiemaking.
14Dressmaking.1Tinned goods labelling and
5Furriers.sorting.
4Infants' shoes making.3Toymaking.
1Knitted garment making.2Trimming making.
1Leather sorting.3Upholstering.
7Laundries.2Waterproof garment
10Milliners.making.
1Packing.1Whalebone dressing.
1Pressers and cleaners.1Wood chopping.
1Paper and rag sorting.

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* It is very difficult to separate Workshops and Domestic Workshops, as these
premises are sometimes one and sometimes the other, according to the pressure of
work. See Table A, page 57.

Table: Factories on Register (Female).

Factories on Register (Female).

3Bedding manufacturing.1Pianoforte manufacturer.
1Blouse making.3Preserved goods.
1Boiler packing.1Ragwork.
2Boot making.. 1Rice starch making.
5Box making.3Rope works.
3Brush making.2Rubber goods making.
1Bunting and flag making.1Rug making.
1Butter mixing factory.5Sack making.
1Chip basket making.1Sausage factory.
2Christmas cracker making.3Shirt making.
1Cigarette paper making.1Shroud making.
1Clay fuel and pipes.27Tailoring.
2Cleaners and dyers.1Tarpaulin works.