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Poplar 1931

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

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Table: LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901 (S. 107).

LIST OF OUTWORKERS, FACTORY AND WORKSHOP ACT, 1901 (S. 107).

Class of Homework.1931 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.
Total4217241143231222282260
Tailoring341213489
Shirtmaking..2611
Miscellaneous313210231222282260
Boxes227221
Overalls15222

Table: Table E. Registered Workshops and Workplaces.

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 Workshops19
Bakehouse Domestic Workshops4
Laundries Workshops4
Laundries Domestic Workshops—
Workshops302
Domestic Workshops27
Workplaces350
Workplaces Domestic49
Places where food is sold or prepared813†
Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register ..1568

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† Power is used in 84 of these premises.

Table: Table F.

Table F.

Class. (1)Number. (2)
Matters notified to H.M. Inspector of Factories:—
Failure to affix Abstract of the Factory and Workshop Act (s. 133)..4
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 Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector15 14 (1 in 1932)
Other (Communications)5
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):—
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21