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Factories.—During the year 1907 there were 80 factories
inspected; of these 18 were factory laundries, and 62 were factories
where articles of clothing, &c., are manufactured, and where females
are employed. In 17 factories the sanitary conveniences were found
unsuitable or defective; in 4 factories insufficient, and in 2 factories
not separate for the sexes.

Workshops.— The number of workshops registered in the
Borough of Hackney, at the end of 1907, was 1,174, an increase of
49 on the number registered at the end of 1906. Of the above
total, 835 are workshops in which articles of wearing apparel are
manufactured, and 339 in which other articles are manufactured.
Below is given a list of these two classes of workshops with the
occupations carried on therein.
Amongst the above workshops where wearing apparel is made,
there are 608 where females alone are employed, 185 where both
males and females are employed, and 42 employing males alone.
There are 102 domestic workshops registered in the Borough,
in 75 of which females alone are employed, and in 27 both males
and females.
In workshops and places of other occupations, females alone are
employed in 175, males and females in 88, and males alone in 76.