View report page

There is a relative shortage of shopping facilities in the borough
in spite of the total of 700 shops. Of these, 248 are connected with the
sale of food including 28 Bakeries, 46 Meat shops, 16 Fishmongers,
and 158 Grocers and Greengrocery shops.
The main light industries are concerned with the manufacture of
precision electrical instruments (including instruments for remote
control, vibration measurement, transmission of charts and pictures
by wire) small electric motors (for vehicles, heating, ventilating, dairy
and dental equipment, compressors, pumps, refrigerators, machine
tools), cellulose lacquers, typewriter ribbons and carbons, loose-leaf
systems, stationery and binding, enamel goods and signs, elevators
and conveyors, glues and adhesives, and telecommunication equipment.
9