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Finsbury 1925

Annual report on the public health of Finsbury for the year 1925

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goods and machinery 27, general engineering 119, wireless 7,
artificial flower making 13, embroidery 10, making and importing
fancy goods 14, ivory and tortoise-shell working 6, leather goods 48,
pipe making and mounting 24, toy making 4, walking sticks and
umbrellas 40, whip making 1, trouser presses 2, sports goods 13,
cleaning feathers 4, dyeing and curling feathers 10, horsehair
cleaning 2, cabinet making 21, carpet planning 1, picture-frame
making 10, shop fitting 16, upholstery 2, cold storage 6, confectionery
9, drysalting 1, food preparing 27, mineral waters 3, cordial
and spirit colouring 1, glass stoppers making 3, glass working 24,
sand blasting 2, jewellery making and repairing 35, gold and silver
refining 4, rouge manufacturing 1, silversmiths 30, repairs 4, steam
laundries 4, diamond cutting and polishing 4, glaziers diamonds
making 3, brass workers 17, coppersmiths 10, engraving and die
sinking 24, foundry 8, gilding, plating and polishing 82, general
metal-working 31, type-founding 6, wire-working 12, sheet-metal
working 13, aerography 2, paint, enamel and varnish making 4,
panel and screen painting 2, musical instrument making and
repairing 17, scientific instrument making 33, electrical instrument
making 8, optical instrument making 19, photographic instrument
making 1, surgical instrument making 11, weighing and
scales instruments making 9, art publishing 25, envelope and
paper bag making 6, gold blocking 4, ink and gum making 8,
machine ruling 11, pattern cards 10, printing 145, showcards 3,
manufacturing stationers 31, stencil cutting 1, waste paper
sorting 1, bookbinding 31, fountain pens 2, rubber works 4, rubber
stamp making 3, waterproofing 1, stone and marble working 2,
statuary 1. Making wearing apparel as follows:—aprons 4,
blouses 44, boots and shoes 11, boot socks and laces 1, children's
clothing 21, fur garments 17, glove making 3, haberdashery 4,
hat making 35, linen collars 7, neckties 11, shirt and pyjama
making 24, mantle making 74, tailoring 46, skirt making 15,
underclothing 25, button making 9. Beer bottling 1, distilling 6,
dealing in wines, spirits and tobacco 3, tobacco, cigarettes and
cigar making 14, general woodwork 17, hardwood turning 19, saw
milling 5, wood cutting 2, electricity generating station 1,
hydraulic power station 1, forage cutting 5, packing and forwarding
goods 4, vulcanite and fibre manufacturers 9, cork cutting 2,
cutlery grinding 6, van building 3. Total 1,813.