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publishing and Christmas cards, 9; picture frames and mouldings,
9: drugs and drysaltery, 9; optical goods, 9; beer and spirits, 9;
packing cases, 9; clocks and watches, 8; vanwork and wheelwrights,
8; wirework, 7; art needlework and embroidery, 6; sports
goods, 6; cold storage, 6; cutlery, 6; boots and shoes, 6; confectionery
and cocoa, 5; laundries, 5; linen collars, 5; builders, 5;
joinery and saw mills, 4; artificial flowers, 4; saw making, 4;
book and card edge gilding, 4; buttons and studs, 4 horsehair,
feathers and bedding, 4; mineral waters, 4; glazier's diamonds, 4;
contractors (general), 4; trunks, 4; phonographs and records, 3;
pianos and musical instruments, 3; upholstery, 3; barometers, 3;
cornice poles, 2; pattern cards, 2; cork goods, 2; vulcanised fibre,
2; electro-typing, 2; marble work, 2; umbrellas, 2; lamps, 2;
smiths and farriers, 2; clock cases, 2; furniture, 2; and 29 other
trades, making a total of 1,064.
The "other" trades in the above summary include the following:—Waste
paper and rag sorting, hats, whips, electricity
generating station, fur and skin dyeing, tar felting, bamboo work,
murac, flooring, carpet planning, petrol purification, shipping
agents, dyers, clean towel supply, fountain pen making, screen
and panel painting, silica manufacture, pearl and tortoise-shell
work, hydraulic pumping station and a bakery.
The persons employed in the factories in Finsbury are approximately:
males 20,500, females 17,500; in the workshops: males
12,000, and females 7,500. These numbers exclude the office
hands and clerical staff.
During the year 200 first visits and 299 revisits were made by
the Council's inspector to factories, and 987 first visits and 1,113
revisits to workshops and workplaces.
A summary of the defects found is appended:—