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Poplar 1925

[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.1925 Number of Lists reoeived.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.
Total4652251662261257308385
Tailoring3835342477
Shirtmaking..19111
Miscellaneous14211
Shoemakers ..354363
Boxes291288
Overalls111112
* 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 Workshops44
Bakehouse Domestic Workshops2
Laundries Workshops4
Laundries Domestic Workshops3
Workshops283
Domestic Workshops21
Workplaces162
Workplaces Domestic44
, Places where food is sold or prepared297†
Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register86‡
†Power is used in 35 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 Factorv and Workshop Act (s. 133)..6
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)I Notified by H.M. Inspector9
1 1 Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector9
Other (Communications) ..5
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):—
Certificates granted during the year
iii use at the end of the year24