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Factories.—During the year 1906 there were 15 factories
inspected; of these 8 were factory laundries, and 7 were factories
where articles of clothing and furniture, &c., are manufactured,
and where female young persons are employed. In 4 factories the
sanitary conveniences were found unsuitable or defective.

Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in the
Borough of Hackney, at the end of 1906, was 1,125, an increase of
125 on the number registered at the end of 1905. Of the above
total, 833 are workshops in which articles of wearing apparel are
manufactured, and 292 in which other articles are manufactured.
Below is a list of these two classes of workshops with the
occupations carried on therein.
Amongst workshops in the Borough where wearing apparel is
made or altered, there are 567 where females alone are employed,
124 where both males and females are employed, and 38 males
alone. There are 104 domestic workshops registered in the
Borough, in 79 of which females alone are employed, and in 25
both males and females.
In workshops and places of other occupations, females alone are
employed in 168, males and females in 66, and males alone in 58.
Thus in both classes (a and b) of workshops and work-places,
females alone are employed in 814, males and females in 215, and
males alone in 96.