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and mounting', 27 ; scientific and surgical instruments, 23 ; glasswork,
19 ; iron and metalwork, 18; leather goods, bags and
trunks, 18; engraving and die sinking, 16; brass and copper
work, 15 ; ink, paint, gum, soap, polish and varnish, 15 ; ivory,
wood and bone turners, 15; cycles and motors, 14; joinery and
saw-mills, 13; pipe making and mounting, 13; brushes, 12;
cabinet making, 12; clock, jewel, and instrument cases, 12;
clocks and watches, 12; drugs and drysaltery, 12; picture frames
and mouldings, 11; shop-fitting, 11; cigars, cigarettes and
tobacco, 10; art publishing and Christmas cairds, 9; mantle
making, 9; van and wheelwrights, 9; optical goods, 8; packing
cases, 8 ; beer and spirits, 7 ; cutlery, 7 ; rubber goods, 7 ; book,
and card edge gilding and blocking, 6 ; confectionery and cocoa,
6 paper and cardboard, 6; wirework, 6; boots and shoes, 5 ;
cold-air storage, 5 ; laundries, 5; silk goods and weaving, 5;
sports goods, 5 ; surgical goods, 5 ; buttons and studs, 4 ; clothworking,
4; glaziers' diamonds, 4; horsehair, feathers and
bedding, 4; mineral waters, 4; patterns and models, 4; pianos
and musical instruments, 4; artificial flowers, 3; forage, 3;
pattern cards, 3 ; phonographs and records, 3 ; saws, 3 ; and 34
other trades, giving a total of 1,045.
The trades summarised under the term "other" in the foregoing
table include the following: Pens and pencils, photographic
work, waste paper and rags, cornice poles, cork goods,
vulcanised fibre, electrotyping, hats, saw piercing, whips,
electricity station, addressing machines, machine ruling, fur and
skin dying, tar-felting, bamboo work, mortar-mill, murac, marble
work, mono-service vessels, bakehouse, wharf, flooring, clay
pipes, and carpet planning.
During the year, 533 first visits and 637 re-visits were made by
the Council's Inspector to factories, and 1,139 first visits and
1,421 re-visits to workshops and workplaces. A summary of the
defects found is appended :—