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11; picture frames and mounting, 11; paper and cardboard, 10;
cycles and motors, 10; shop fitting, 10; cigars, cigarettes and
tobacco, 10; optical goods, 10; surgical goods, 9; vanwork and
wheelwrights, 9; drugs and drysalting. 9; art publishing and
Christmas cards, 8; beer and spirits, 8; packing cases, 8; clocks
and watches, 8; confectionery and cocoa, 8; joinery and saw mills,
8; cutlery, 7; wirework, 6; sports goods, 6; cold storage, 6;
rubber goods, 6; boots and shoes, 6; art needlework and embroidery,
5; infants' clothing, 5; laundries, 5; linen collars, 5;
buttons and studs, 4; mineral waters, 4; glaziers' diamonds, 4;
barometers and hydrometers, 4; cloth shrinker and waterproofer,
4; artificial flowers, 3; builders and the supply of builders'
sundries, 3; phonographs and records, 3; pattern cards, 3; upholstery,
3; lamps, 3; clock cases, 3; silk work, 3; gold blocking, 3;
saw making, and piercing, 2; horse hair, 2; feathers and bedding,
2; cork goods, 2; vulcanised fibre, 2; electrotyping, umbrellas,
2; smiths and farriers, 2; tea packing, 2; scale making, 2;
electrical goods, 2; dairy utensils, 2; spice grinding, 2; piano and
organ key making, 2; model and pattern maker, 2; forage stores,
2; waste paper sorting and rag sorting, 2; combs, 2; woodwork,
2; and 47 other trades, making a total of 1,072.
The "other'' trades in the above summary include the following:
whips, contractors, pianos and musical instruments, marble
work, furniture, electricity generating station; fur and skin dyeing,
bamboo work, murac, flooring, carpet planning, petrol purification,
shipping agents, dyers, clean towel supply, fountain pen
making, tar felting, screen and panel painting, silica manufacture,
pearl and tortoise shell work, hydraulic pumping station, bakery,
tailors' and drapers' models, horn workers, easel making, woollen
clothing, tape making, spring making, saw sharpening, draughtsman,
rouge manufacture, galvanizers, machine ruling, metal mills,
photographic goods, tailor, office machinery, domestic machinery,
pen and pencil making, the making of bottle stoppers, suspenders
and hair pins, fibre trunks, patent signs, wood and hardware,
ferns and flowers, and furriers.
The persons employed in the factories in Finsbury are approximately:
males, 21,190; females, 18,121; in the workshops: males,
12,187; and females, 7,619. These numbers exclude the office
hands and clerical staff.