A History of the Ministry of Information, 1939-46

APPENDIX 1
INDUSTRY INCLUDED IN MAIN GROUP AND REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF INTERVIEWS

TEXTILE AND CLOTHES 353

Cotton spinning

Cotton manufacture

Woollen and Worsted

Hosiery

Carpets

Bleaching, Dyeing, Printing Tailoring

Dress makers and Millinery

Hats and Caps

Shirts, Collars and Underwear Boots, Shoes and Slippers

FOOD, DRINK, TOBACCO 131

Bread, Biscuits, Cakes

Tobacco, Cigars, Cigarettes Cocoa, Choc:, Sugar conf.

Other foods (Pastes, Canning, Pies)

Drink (Production only)

OTHER INDUSTRIES 130

Furniture making

Oil, Glue, Soap, Ink

Rubber

Cardboard Boxes, Paper Bags,

Stat.

Printing, Publishing and Bookbinding

Pottery and Earthenware Glass

ENGINEERING: 726

Motor Vehicles, Cycles,

Aircraft

Electrical Engineering

Gen. Engineering, Eng. Iron Founding

Electric cables, apparatus, etc.

Bolts, Nuts and Screws

Hand Tools, Cutlery

Brass and Allied Metal Wares

Wire, Wire Netting and Wire Rope

Stove, Grate, Pipe founding Steel melting, Iron puddling Brass, Copper, Zinc, Alumin.

Tin Plate

Iron and Steel Tube

Shipbuilding and Repairing

Metal Industries, not specified

DISTRIBUTION AND TRANSPORT 421

Distribution

Road Transport

Rail Transport

LAUNDRY, HOTEL, ENTERTAINMENT, AND OTHER SERVICES 267

Hotel, Rest. Boarding House, Pub. House

Laundry Services Entertainment and Sports

Other Indus, and Services

N.F.S.

COMMERCE, BANKING AND PROFESSIONAL 347

Commerce and Banking

Professions

Local Govt. Service

MISCELLANEOUS 230

Leather and Tanning

Pub. Utilities

Building

Scientific Instruments

Mining and Quarrying

Farming and Forestry

Market Gardening and Horticulture

Explosives and Chemicals

Domestics

REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION OF INTERVIEWS

%
North 76 3
North East 197 8
North Midlands 212 8
East 122 25
London 626 24
South 115 4
South West 105 4
Wales 90 3
North Midlands 283 11
North West 548 21
Scotland 235 9
TOTAL 2609 100

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