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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hackney 1922
Report on the sanitary condition of the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney for the year 1922
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Housing and Town Planning Regulations.
A systematic inspection is being' made and an accurate card
indexed record compiled of the housing- conditions of the
Borough. The number of houses inspected under these regulations
during the year was 1437.
Factory and Workshop Act, 1901.
In 17 factories
| Nuisance. | Found. | Abated by Workshop Inspector. | Abated by District Inspector. | Outstanding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | 11 | — | 4 | |
| 3 | 2 | — | 1 | |
| 1 | 1 | — | — |
List of Industries in the Borough of Hackney.
The chief staple industries are the manufacture of boots,
shoes, cabinets and pianos, but there are also extensive productions
of the following-:—
Tailored clothes for males and females; dresses, shirts,
ties, clothing and underclothing generally, millinery, hats,
etc., upholstery and furniture generally; lead pencils,
brushes, boxes, artificial flowers, toys, leather goods,
gas 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; also
there are several furriers, and a number of laundries.