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D.—Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act,
1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 3
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit —
E.—Proceedings under Section 3 of the Housing Act,
1925 None
P.—Proceedings under Sections 11, 14 and 15 of the
Housing Act, 1925 None
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899-1923.
The total cases where advances have been made by the Borough Council to
31st December, 1932, amount to 408, of which 45 were granted during the year.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops registered in Hackney at the end
of 1932 was 555, a decrease of 79 on the number registered at the
end of 1931. Of this total, 324 were workshops in which females
were employed.
The factories in the Borough number 755, and are inspected
and regulated by H.M. Inspectors under the Home Office. The
duty of ensuring the provision of suitable and sufficient sanitary
conveniences in factories, however, rests upon the Sanitary
Inspectors of the Borough Council.
The chief staple industries are the manufacture of boots, shoes,
cabinets and pianos, but there are also extensive productions of the
following:—
Tailored clothes for males and females; dresses, shirts, ties, clothing and
underclothing generally; millinery, hats, etc., upholstery and furniture
generally; lead pencils, brushes, boxes, artificial flowers, toys, leather goods,
gas mantles, dolls, rubber goods, scents, drugs, dyes, paints and varnishes,
artists' colours, joinery, foundry work (iron), electric signals, electrical
instruments, glass, surgical instruments, silk-weaving and embroidery,
chemicals; also there are several furriers, and a number of laundries.