London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Poplar 1929

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

This page requires JavaScript

Text

Copy text to clipboard

43
Domestic Workshops on Register (where Men are Employed.)*
2 Blacksmiths. 7 Tailoring.
4 Boot repairing. 1 Wire working.
1 Decorative earthenware making. 1 Zinc working.
1 Mat making.
Home Workers on Register (Male).
19 Bootmaking. 1 Tailoring.
1 Brush making. 1 Box making.

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

Workshops and Domestic Workshops on Register (Females).*

1 Badger hair sorting.3 Pickle and sauce making.
1 Bedding making.3 Pressers and cleaners.
2 Boot factors.1 Shirt and pvjama making.
1 Cap making.1 Seal stamp making.
1 Confectionery making.65 Tailoring.
3 Cork cutting.1 Tarpaulin works.
14 Costume making.2 Tiemaking.
20 Dressmaking.1 Tin goods labelling and sorting.
2 Embroidering.3 Toymaking.
3 Furriers.3 Trimming making.
3 Infants' shoes making.3 Underwear making.
4 Laundries.2 Upholstering.
12 Milliners.1 Waterproof garment making.
4 Packing.1 Wood chopping.
3 Paper and rag sorting.

Text

Copy text to clipboard

* 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 41.

Table: Factories on Register (where Females are Employed).

Factories on Register (where Females are Employed).

3 Bedding manufacturing.1 Perambulator builder.
1 Binder and carding.1 Pianoforte manufacturer.
2 Blouse making.1 Picture framing.
2 Boot making (Infants')2 Preserved food.
7 Box making.2 Ragwork.