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etc., upholstery and furniture generally; lead pencils,
brushes, boxes, artificial flowers, toys, leather goods,
gas mantles, dolls, rubber goods, scents, drugs, dyes, paints
and varnishes, artists' colours, joinery, foundry work (iron),
electric signals, electrical instruments, glass, surgical instruments,
silk-weaving and embroidery, chemicals; also
there are several furriers, and a number of laundries.
Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in Hackney
at the end of 1921, was 1,021, an increase of 7 on the number
registered at the end of 1920. Of this total, 699 were workshops
in which females were employed. Of these latter, 465 were
workshops in which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured,
altered or prepared for sale, etc., 207 in which other articles
were manufactured, etc., and 29 were domestic workshops.
Amongst the workshops in which wearing apparel is manufactured,
there were 293 in which females alone and 170 in which
both males and females were employed.
In workshops of other occupations, there were 110 in which
females alone, and 97 in which both males and females were
employed.
Of the domestic workshops, females alone were employed in
17, and both males and females in 12.
During the year notices and complaints were received from
H.M. Inspectors of Factories, as follows:—
Complaints—Factories 30
Complaints—Workshops 40
Notices—Workshops 80