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Hackney 1918

Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1918

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Table: laundries, and 233 factories in which articles of clothing, &c., were made and altered. In 24 of these factories, the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable, or insufficient:—

laundries, and 233 factories in which articles of clothing, &c., were made and altered. In 24 of these factories, the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable, or insufficient:—

Nuisance.Found.Abated by Workshop Inspector.Abated by District Inspector.OutstandingTotal.
Unsuitable or Defective w.c.'s1918—119
Insufficient W.C. Accommodation44——4
Not separate for the sexes.11——1

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Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in Hackney
at the end of 1918 was 987, a decrease of 52 on the number
registered at the end of 1917. Of this total, 681 were workshops in
which females were employed. Of these latter, 440 were workshops
in which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured, altered or
prepared for sale, etc., 209 in which other articles were manufactured,
etc., and 32 were domestic workshops.
Amongst the workshops manufacturing wearing apparel, there
were 304 employing females alone, and 136 employing both males
and females.
In workshops of other occupations, there were 130 employing
females alone, and 79 employing both males and females.
Of the domestic workshops, females alone were employed in
19, and both males and females in 13.
During the year notices and complaints were received from
H.M. Inspectors of Factories, as follows:—
Complaints Factories 9
,, Workshops 2
Notices „ 38