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FACTORIES AND WORKSHOPS.
The number of workshops registered in Hackney at the end of
1937 was 388, an decrease of 18 on the number registered at the end
of 1936. Of this total, 218 were workshops in which females were
employed.
The factories in the Borough number 926, an increase of 64, 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 principal 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;
perfumes; 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.