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Factories.—In the year 1908 there were 62 factories visited
and inspected; of these 10 were laundries, and 52 were factories
in which articles of clothing, etc., were altered.

Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in the
Borough of Hackney at the end of 1908 was 980, a decrease of
194 upon the number registered at the end of 1907. Of the above
total, 669 are workshops in which articles of wearing apparel are
manufactured, altered, or prepared for sale, etc., and 311 in which
other articles are manufactured, etc. Below is given a list of these
two classes of workshops and the occupations carried on therein.
Amongst the workshops manufacturing wearing apparel, there
are 456 in which female labour alone is employed, 97 in which
both male and female labour is employed, and 116 in which male
labour alone is employed. There are 102 domestic workshops
registered in the Borough, in 72 of which females alone are
employed, and in 30 both males and females.
In workshops and places of other occupations, females alone
are employed in 140, both sexes in 60, and males alone in 111.
Thus in the total number of workshops and workplaces registered
in the Borough, females alone are employed in 596, both sexes in
157, and males alone in 227.
During the year the following notices and and complaints were
received from H.M. Inspectors of Factories :—
Complaints—Factories 5
„ Workshops 25
Notices—Factories 0
„ Workshops 197