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Miscellaneous.
Antimony 1
Blacking 1
Boiler covering 1
Brushes 12
Bookbinding 4
Carpet beating 1
Cameras 1
Chaff cutting 4
Carbonic acid gas 1
Confetti 2
Cigarettes 2
Curled hair 1
Dandy rolls 1
Flax 1
Fire lighters 1
Fire extinguishers 1
Flageolets 1
Gelatining 1
Gold beater's skin 1
Indiarubber 2
Labels 1
Leather goods 4
Mats 1
Perfumery 2
Paper staining 1
Paper bags 2
Paper cutting 3
Paste 1
Printing 41
Paints and varnish 4
Printing and drawing ink 2
Rope manufacturer 1
Skin dressing 5
Signs 3
Silversmith 1
Photo appliances 1
Workshops.— The number of workshops registered in Hackney
at the end of 1912 was 1,071, an increase of 2 over the number
registered at the end of 1911. Of this total, 818 were workshops
in which females were employed. Of these latter, 602 were workshops
in which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured,
altered or prepared for sale, &c:, 177 in which other articles were
manufactured, and 34 were domestic workshops.
Amongst the workshops manufacturing wearing apparel there
were 458 employing female labour alone, and 144 employing
both male and female labour.
In workshops of other occupations there were 110 employing
females alone and 67 employing both males and females.
Of the domestic workshops, females were employed in 25 alone,
and both males and females in 14.
Thus of the total number of workshops registered in the
Borough, 593 employed female labour alone, 225 both male and
female labour, and 253 male labour alone.
During the year notices and complaints were received from
H.M. Inspectors of Factories as follows :—
Complaints Factories 9
„ Workshops 37
Notices „ 184