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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 1928

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

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40
Home Workers on Register (Male).
26 Bootmaking.
1 Tailoring.

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

Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*

1 Badger hair sorting.1 Paper and rag sorting.
1 Bedding making.1 Pickle and sauce making.
2 Boot factors.3 Pressers and cleaners.
1 Cabinet making.2 Shirt and pvjama making.
1 Cap making.1 Seal stamp making.
1 Confectionery making.1 Table jelly making.
2 Cork cutting.66 Tailoring.
11 Costume making.1 Tarpaulin works.
18 Dressmaking.2 Tiemaking.
2 Embroidering.1 Tin goods labelling and sorting.
1 French polishing.3 Toymaking.
4 Furriers.3 Trimming making.
3 Infants' shoes making.3 Upholstering.
8 Laundries.1 Waterproof garment making.
18 Milliners.1 Whalebone dressing.
4 Packing.1 Wood chopping.

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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 38.

Table: Factories on Register (Where Females are Employed)

Factories on Register (Where Females are Employed)

2 Bedding manufacturing.1 Perambulator builder.
3 Blouse making.1 Pianoforte manufacturer.
2 Boot making.3 Preserved food.
5 Box making.2 Ragwork.
1 Brush making.1 Rice starch making.
1 Bunting and flag making.3 Rope works.
1 Butter mixing factory.3 Rubber goods making.
1 Buttons and buckles.1 Rug making.
1 Cabinet making.4 Sack making.
2 Chip basket making.2 Sausage factory.
1 Christmas cracker making.4 Shirt making.
1 Cigarette paper making.1 Shroud making.
1 Clay fuel and pipes.25 Tailoring.
3 Cleaners and dyers.3 Tarpaulin works.
1 Condiment packing.1 Ticket printing.