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Poplar 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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WORKSHOPS, WORKPLACES, LAUNDRIES
AND OUTWORKERS.
TABLE A.
Table giving number of, and inspections, etc., of Bakehouses, Laundries, Workshops, Workplaces, Places where food is prepared, Milk premises, Cowsheds, Slaughterhouses, Offensive Businesses, Ice Cream premises, and Homeworkers' premises.
| Premises. | On Register during year 1926. | Number of Inspections. | Number of Intimations. | Number of Notices. | Number of Final Notices. | Number of Prosecutions. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | Total | ||||||
| Bakehouses (Factories) | 44 | — | 44 | 148 | 96 | 6 | — | — |
| Bakehouses (Workshops) | 33 | — | 33 | 98 | 72 | 3 | — | — |
| Bakehouses (Domestic Workshops) | 3 | — | 3 | 9 | 6 | — | — | — |
| Factories (Laundries and Miscellaneous Factories) | 37 | 119 | 156 | 192 | 49 | 23 | 1 | — |
| Laundries (Workshops) | — | 8 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Laundries (Domestic Workshops) | — | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| Workshops | 147 | 111 | 258 | 518 | 103 | 42 | 1 | — |
| Workshops (Domestic) | 10 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Workplaces | 186 | — | 186 | 391 | 50 | 7 | 3 | — |
| Workplaces (Domestic) | 51 | — | 51 | 131 | 15 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 4101 | —_ | 410* | 1196 | 420 | 23 | 1 | — |
| Milk Premises | 120 | — | 120 | 414 | 36 | 4 | 1 | — |
| Cowsheds | 9 | — | 9 | 35 | — | — | — | — |
| Slaughterhouses | 8 | — | 8 | 14 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Other offensive trade premises | 8† | — | 8† | 18 | — | — | — | — |
| Ice Cream premises | 124‡ | — | 124‡ | 205 | 42 | 3 | 1 | — |
| Homeworkers' premises | 32 | 944 | 976 | 1187 | 57 | 22 | 2 | 2 |
*Power is used in 33 of these premises.
‡,, „ 14 „ „
† Registered by the London County Council.