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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 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Class of homework. | 1934 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 | 43 | 152 | 42 | 141 | 265 | 254 | 239 | 220 |
| goring | 31 | 87 | 31 | 79 | 265 | 254 | 239 | 220 |
| Shirtmaking | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 5 | 29 | 5 | 29 | ||||
| Boxes | 4 | 26 | 4 | 28 | ||||
| Overalls - | 2 | 9 | 1 | 3 | ||||
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. | Bakehouse Workshops .. | 20 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 2 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 2 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | - | |
| Workshops | 275 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 22 | |
| Workplaces | 399 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 45 | |
| . Places where food is sold or prepared | 828† | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 1593 | |
† Power is used in 93 of these premises.
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) | 5 | |
| Action taken in matters referred by H.M. Inspector as remediable under the Public Health-Acts, but not under the Fac-tory and Workshop Act (s. 5) | Notified by H.M. Inspector | 1 |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to | ||
| H.M. Inspector | 1 | |
| Other (Communications) | 20 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):— | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | — | |
| use at the end of the year | 20 | |