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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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| 1928 Number of Lists received. | Number of Addresses of Outworkers. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Class of Homework. | 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 | 49 | 462 | 46 | 468 | 248 | 289 | 385 | 374 | |
| Tailoring | 39 | 307 | 36 | 306 | 1 I 248 | 289 | 385 | 374 | |
| Shirtmaking.. | 1 | 10 | 1 | 12 | |||||
| Miscellaneous | 4 | 30 | 4 | 36 | |||||
| Shoemakers | 1 | 26 | 1 | 23 | |||||
| Boxes .. | 2 | 54 | 2 | 56 | |||||
| Overalls | 2 | 35 | 2 | 35 | |||||
Table E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at tvhe end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Bakehouse Workshops .. | 26 | |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 6 | |
| Important classes | Laundries Workshops | 6 |
| of workshops, such as | Laundries Domestic Workshops | 2 |
| workshop bakehouses | Workshops | 319 |
| may be enumerated | Domestic Workshops | 16 |
| here. | Workplaces | 75 |
| Workplaces Domestic | 30 | |
| Places where food is sold or preparedcccccccc | 313† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 793‡ | |
† Power is used in 42 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, pages 38 and 39.
Table F.
| Class. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:— | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133).. | 8 | |
| 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. Inspector | 51 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 51 | |
| Other (Communications) .. | 3 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 23 | |