Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1910
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Employment in Factories in 1908 and 1910.
Description of Trade. | 1908. | 1910. | 1910 Increase. | 1910 Decrease. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Printing and stationery | 154 | 143 | ... | 11 |
Engineering and machinery | 91 | 81 | ... | 10 |
Shirts, skirts, blouses, ties, under- | 41 | 61 | 20 | ... |
Jewellery, gold and silver workers | 40 | 54 | 14 | ... |
Gilding and plating | 43 | 50 | 7 | ... |
Bookbinding | 35 | 42 | 7 | ... |
Stick making and mounting | 28 | 26 | ... | 2 |
Box and paper bag making | 28 | 23 | ... | 5 |
Glass work | 23 | 22 | ... | 1 |
Foundries | 19 | 19 | ... | ... |
Provisions, grocery, bacon, sausages; food preparation | 17 | 19 | 2 | ... |
Ivory, wood and bone turners | 18 | 17 | ... | 1 |
Cabinet making | 17 | 15 | ... | 2 |
Cycles and motors | 13 | 14 | 1 | ... |
Leather goods | 9 | 13 | 4 | ... |
Brass and copper work | 17 | 12 | ... | 5 |
Iron and metal work | 3 | 12 | 9 | ... |
Shop fitting | 10 | 12 | 2 | ... |
Clock, jewel and instrument cases | 5 | 11 | 6 | ... |
Ink, paint, gum, soap and varnish | 6 | 11 | 5 | ... |
Joinery and saw-mills | 9 | 11 | 2 | ... |
Scientific and surgical instruments | 14 | 11 | ... | 3 |
Engraving and die sinking | 7 | 10 | 3 | ... |
Pipe making and mounting | 6 | 10 | 4 | ... |
Clocks and watches | 9 | 9 | ... | ... |
Picture frames and mouldings | 6 | 9 | 3 | ... |
Tools | ... | 9 | 9 | ... |
Van and wheelwrights | 9 | 9 | ... | ... |
Art, publishing and Christmas cards | ... | 8 | 8 | ... |
Cigars, cigarettes and tobacco | 9 | 8 | ... | 1 |
Drugs and dry salting | 7 | 8 | 1 | ... |
Optical goods | ... | 8 | 8 | ... |
Paper and cardboard | 4 | 8 | 4 | ... |
Brushes | 4 | 7 | 3 | ... |
Book and card edge gilding and blocking | ... | 7 | 7 | ... |
Beer and spirits | 5 | 6 | 1 | ... |
Mantle making | 6 | 6 | ... | ... |
Pianos and musical instrument making | 7 | 6 | ... | 1 |
Rubber goods | 4 | 6 | 2 | ... |
Wire work | 7 | 6 | ... | 1 |
Boots and shoes | 3 | 5 | 2 | ... |
Cloth working | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
Confectionery and cocoa | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
Cutlery | ... | 5 | 5 | ... |
Laundries | 5 | 5 | ... | ... |
Packing cases | 4 | 5 | 1 | ... |
Silk goods and weaving | 5 | 5 | ... | |
Surgical goods | ... | 5 | 5 | ... |
Waste paper and rags | ... | 5 | 5 | ... |
Other | 115 | 69 | ... | 46 |
Totals | 872 | 933 | 150 | 89 |