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Hackney 1927

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

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List of Industries in the Borough of Hackney.
The chief staple industries are the manufacture of boots, shoes,
cabinets and pianos, but there are also extensive productions of the
following: —
Tailored clothes for males and females; dresses, shirts, ties,
clothing and underclothing generally; millinery, hats, 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.
Factory and, Workshop Act, 1901.

Table: During the year, 415 inspections were made of factories and 2,205 of workshops by the officers of the Public Health Department. In 131 of these premises the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable or insufficient, or not separate for the sexes.

During the year, 415 inspections were made of factories and 2,205 of workshops by the officers of the Public Health Department. In 131 of these premises the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable or insufficient, or not separate for the sexes.

Nuisance.Found.Abated by Workshop Inspector.Abated by District Inspector.Outstanding.
Unsuitable or defective W.C.s1091051414
Insufficient W.C.s7716
Not separate to sexes151131
Other defects32122710845

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Workshops.— The number of workshops registered in Hackney at
the end of 1927, was 880, an increase of 7 on the number registered
at the end of 1926. Of this total, 621 were workshops in which
females were employed. Of these latter, 402 were workshops in
which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured, altered or prepared
for sale, etc., 197 in which other articles were manufactured,
etc., and 22 were domestic workshops.