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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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1901
| Class of Homework. | 1926 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 Lists. | No. of Outworkers. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | Due Feb. 1. | Due Aug. 1. | |
| Total | 51 | 505 | 53 | 507 | 248 | 199 | 324 | 457 |
| Tailoring | 45 | 362 | 47 | 354 | ||||
| Shirtmaking | 1 | 10 | 1 | 10 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | — | — | 1 | 26 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 2 | 39 | 2 | 38 | ||||
| Boxes | 2 | 76 | 1 | 53 | ||||
| Overalls | 1 | 18 | 1 | 26 | ||||
| *See page 54. | ||||||||
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 | 33 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 8 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Workshops | 258 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 13 | |
| Workplaces | 186 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 51 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 410† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 965‡ | |
| † Power is used in: 3 of these premises. ‡ See Tables A and B, pages 54 and 55. | ||
| Class. (1) | Number. (2) | |
|---|---|---|
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133) | 7 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 17 |
| Acts, but not under the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 17 |
| Other (Communications) | 6 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificate granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 24 | |