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Hackney 1928

[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 621 inspections were made of factories and 1,759 of workshops by the officers of the Public Health Department. In 134 of these premises the sanitary accommodation was defective, unsuitable or insufficient, or not separate for the sexes.

During the year 621 inspections were made of factories and 1,759 of workshops by the officers of the Public Health Department. In 134 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.s991049—
Insufficient W.C.s184164
Not separate to sexes17185—
Other defects2862191102

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Workshops.—The number of workshops registered in Hackney at
the end of 1928 was 814, a decrease of 66 on the number registered
at the end of 1927. Of this total, 584 were workshops in which
females were employed. Of these latter, 380 were workshops in
which articles of wearing apparel were manufactured, altered or prepared
for sale, etc., 182 in which other articles were manufactured,
etc., and 22 were domestic workshops.