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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 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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1901
| Class of Homework. | 1935 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 | 42 | 122 | 40 | 121 | 248 | 287 | 250 | 217 |
| Tailoring | 31 | 61 | 29 | 68 | 248 | 287 | 250 | 217 |
| Shirtmaking.. Miscellaneous | 1 5 | 2 20 | 1 3 | 2 17 | ||||
| Boxes | 5 | 25 | 6 | 31 | ||||
| Overalls | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||||
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 Workshops .. | 10 |
| Bakehouse Domestic Workshops | 3 | |
| Laundries Workshops | 2 | |
| Laundries Domestic Workshops | — | |
| Workshops | 265 | |
| Domestic Workshops | 22 | |
| Workplaces | 391 | |
| Workplaces Domestic | 47 | |
| Places where food is sold or prepared | 885* | |
| Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register | 1625 | |
| * Power is used in 94 of these premises. | ||
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).. | 1 | |
| 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) 1 | Notified by H.M. Inspector | |
| Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector | ||
| Other (Communications) | 4 | |
| Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):- | ||
| Certificates granted during the year | - | |
| In use at the end of the year | 18 | |