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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Class of Homework. | 1929 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 | 46 | 407 | — | 449 | 227 | 336 | 389 | 325 |
| Tailoring | 39 | 274 | _ | 310 | 227 | 336 | 389 | 325 |
| Shirtmaking | 1 | 11 | — | 12 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 1 | 4 | — | 5 | ||||
| Shoemakers | 2 | 24 | _ | 33 | ||||
| Boxes | 1 | 38 | _ | 34 | ||||
| Overalls | 2 | 56 | 55 | |||||
Table E.
Registered Workshops and Workplaces.
| Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the year. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses may be enumerated here. | 25 | |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 6 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 4 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | — | |
| Workshops | 332 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 19 | |
| Workplaces | 351 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 28 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 716† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 1481‡ | |
† Power is used in 51 of these premises.
‡ See Tables A and B, pages 41 and 42.
Table F.
| Clasa. | Number. | |
|---|---|---|
| (1) | (2) | |
| Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:- | ||
| Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (S. 133) | 5 | |
| 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 | 27 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | 27 | |
| Other (Communications) Underground Bakehouses (S. 101):— | 2 | |
| Certificates granted during the year | .. | |
| In use at the end of the year | 21 | |