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Poplar 1936

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

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List of Outworkers, Factory and Workshop Act, 1901 (S. 107).

Class of Homework.1936 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.
Total3934637384231243250241
Tailoring, etc.2826926279190192179170
Shirtmaking21322091232
Miscellaneous42534013206165
Boxes539645191974

Table E.Registered Workshops and Workplaces.

Workshops and Workplaces, etc., on the Register (s. 131) at the end of the vear.Number.
(1)(2)
Important classes of workshops, such as workshop bakehouses, may be enumerated here.Bakehouse Workshops8
Bakehouse Domestic Workshops4
Laundries Workshops2
Laundries Domestic Workshops—
Workshops235
Domestic Workshops23
Workplaces271
Workplaces Domestic48
Places where food is sold or prepared1062*
Total number of workshops and workplaces, etc., on Register1653

* Power is used in 86 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)..1
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. Inspector5
Reports (of action taken) sent to H.M. Inspector1
Other (Communications)13
Underground Bakehouses (s. 101):—
Certificates granted during the year_
In use at the end of the year19