asked the Minister for Industry and Commerce if he will state the total number of persons employed, and the number of firms employing them, in the manufacture of: (1) tobacco; (2) boots and shoes; (3) glass bottles; (4) soap and candles; (5) motor bodies; (6) sugar confectionery (including jam); (7) brushmaking; (8) shirts and collars; (9) blankets, blanketing and rugs (other than floor rugs); (10) hosiery and knitted goods; (11) wholesale clothing (i.e., men's and boys' factory-made clothing); hats, caps, ties and umbrellas; (12) handicraft tailoring, dressmaking, millinery, corsets, etc.; (13) furniture; (14) metallic bedsteads; (15) oatmeal; (16) margarine; (17) rosary beads; (18) wollens; and (19) down quilts, on the 1st September, 1938.
Written Answer. - Employment Statistics.
The following are the particular:—
Statement showing the total number of persons employed and the number of firms employing them in certain industries on 1st September, 1938.
INDUSTRY |
Persons Employed |
No. of Firms |
1. Tabacco |
2,316 |
15 |
2. Boots and shoes (a) |
5,334 |
31 |
3. Glass bottles |
* |
* |
4. Soap and candles |
881 |
19 |
5. Motor bodies (b) |
906 |
75 |
6. Sugar confectionery (including jams) |
5,612 |
64 |
7. Brushmaking |
439 |
25 |
8. Shirts and collars |
1,631 |
38 |
9. Blankets, blanketing and rugs (other than floor rugs) |
413 |
20 |
10. Hosiery and knitted goods |
4,406 |
95 |
11. Wholesale clothing (i.e., men's and boys' factory made clothing), hats, caps ties and umbrellas |
4,176 |
75 |
12. Handicraft tailoring, dressmaking, millinery, corsets, etc, (c) |
3,136 |
99 |
13. Furniture |
1,893 |
163 |
14. Metallic bedsteads |
* |
* |
15. Ostmeal |
† |
† |
16. Margirine |
211 |
3 |
17. Rosary beads |
* |
* |
18. Wollens (d) |
2,090 |
27 |
19. Down quits (e) |
87 |
4 |
(a) Including rubber footwear, (b) Coach and motor-body building, (c) Particular for handicraft tailoring not available—these figures include women's and girls' readymade outer clothing, hats and corsets: (d) Woollens and worsteds: (e) Quits and quilt covers.
* Separate particulars of employment in the glass bottle, metallic bedstead and rosary bead industries cannot be given without disclosing information concerning the business of individual firms. For the three industries combined there were 4 firms and 497 persons engaged.
†Exact particulars are not available; employment is approximately 600.