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Poplar 1927

[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.1927 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.
Total4642848477195213352365
Tailoring3930941341195213352365
Shirtmaking110114
Miscellaneous211221
Shoemakers130133
Boxes150145
Overalls218223

Table E. 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 Workshops32
Bakehouse Domestic Workshops7
Laundries Workshops4
Laundries Domestic Workshops2
Workshops291
Domestic Workshops20
Workplaces331
Workplaces Domestic54
Places where food is sold or prepared313†
Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register1054‡

† Power is used in 42 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, pages 41 and 42.

Table F.

Class. (1)Number. (2)
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshon Act (s. 133)10
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. Inspector9
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector9
Other (Communications)3
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— Certificates granted during the year..
In use at the end of the year24