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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, aeroplanes; also
there are several furriers, and a number of laundries.
Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in Hackney
at the end of 1920, was 1,014, an increase of 6 on the number
registered at the end of 1919. Of this total, 697 were workshops
in which females were employed. Of these latter, 460 were workshops
in which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured, altered or
prepared for sale, etc., 207 in which other articles were manufactured,
etc., and 30 were domestic workshops.
Amongst the workshops in which wearing apparel is manufactured,
there were 300 in which females alone and 160 in which
both males and females were employed.
In workshops of other occupations, there were 120 in which
females alone, and 87 in which both males and females were
employed.
Of the domestic workshops, females alone were employed in
17, 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 29
Complaints—Workshops 97
Notices—Workshops 65