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98, underclothing 12, woollen goods 7, haberdashery 7, cigar making
1, wine spirit and tobacco storage cellars 7. Firewood chopping
22, timber yards 9, wood turning 7, van building 9, wood carving
6, wood working 17, hat block making 2, harness making and
repairing 7, mat making 1, celluloid workers 1, forwarding agents
42, hardware manufacturers 27, miscellaneous merchants 63,
stabling and garage 55, stores 51, towel supplying 4, cork cutting
and working 5, window cleaning 3, rope and twine making 4,
ammunition storage 1, dyeing and cleaning 4, photography 1.
Total 2, 423.
The persons employed in the factories in Finsbury are,
approximately: Males 38,613, females 32,377. In the workshops
and workplaces: Males 12,348, females 9,041; these numbers
exclude the office "hands" and clerical staffs.
During the year 2,025 first visits and 1,087 revisits were made
by the Council's inspectors to factories, and 2,583 first visits and
1,207 revisits to workshops and workplaces.
A summary of the defects or insanitary conditions found is
appended:—