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(2) Number of dwelling-houses demolished in pursuance
of Demolition Orders —
D.—Proceedings under Section 20 of the Housing Act.
1930:—
(1) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
made 8
(2) Number of separate tenements or underground
rooms in respect of which Closing Orders were
determined, the tenement or room having been
rendered fit —
Fifteen Closing Orders were in operation at the end of the year and thirty-two
undertakings had been accepted from owners not to re-let underground rooms for
sleeping purposes, fifteen of these undertakings having been given in 1935.
SMALL DWELLINGS ACQUISITION ACTS, 1899-1923.
The total cases where advances have been made by the Borough Council to
31st December, 1935, amount to 526, of which 39 were granted during the year.
FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops registered in Hackney at the end of
1935 was 370, a decrease of 58 on the number registered at the end
of 1934. Of this total, 212 were workshops in which females were
employed.
The factories in the Borough number 793, and are inspected
and regulated by H.M. Inspectors under the Home Office. The
duty of ensuring the provision of suitable and sufficient sanitary
conveniences in factories, however, rests upon the Sanitary
Inspectors of the Borough Council.
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, i.e., suits, costumes, dresses,
dressing gowns, blouses, shirts, pyjamas and underclothing generally;
engineering and iron foundry work; cardboard and wood boxes; printing;
brushes and lead pencils; leather goods; embroidery; paper, scientific and
surgical instruments; upholstery and upholstery trimmings and paints and
varnishes; also there are several fur skin dressers and dyers and a number
of laundries.