APPENDICES
TABLE 1.—Summary of the Position as regards the Employment of Women, April, 1914.
| Occupation | Estimated Number of Women employed, July, 1914. | Percentage of Women to Total Number of Workpeople employed, July, 1914. | Increase in the Employment of Women since July, 1914. | Number of Women stated by Employers to be directly replacing Men. | Percentage of Women to Total Number of Workpeople employed, April, 1918. | |
| Percentage of those employed in July, 1918. | Approximate Increase in Numbers. | |||||
| Industries | 2,176,000 | 26 | 25 | 537,000 | 531,000 | 36 |
| Government Establishments | 2,000 | 3 | 9,098 | 197,000 | 187,000 | 44 |
| Gas, Water, Electricity (under Local Authorities) | 600 | 1 | 724 | 4,000 | 4,000 | 9 |
| Agriculture | 80,000 | 9 | 11 | 9,000 | 40,000 | 13 |
| Transport | 17,000 | 2 | 459 | 78,000 | 79,500 | 10 |
| Tramways | 1,200 | 2 | 1,466 | 18,000 | 17,000 | 34 |
| Finance and Banking | 9,300 | 5 | 660 | 63,000 | 59,500 | 40 |
| Commerce | 296,000 | 29 | 71 | 354,000 | 352,000 | 53 |
| Professions (mainly Clerks) | 50,500 | 28 | 118 | 57,000 | 22,500 | 61 |
| Hotels, Public Houses, Cinemas, Theaters, etc. | 181,000 | 48 | 14 | 25,000 | 44,500 | 61 |
| Civil Service, Post Office | 60,300 | 24 | 78 | 59,500 | 64,000 | 52 |
| Other Civil Service | 5,500 | 9 | 1,809 | 99,500 | 89,000 | 57 |
| Other Services under Local Authorities | 196,200 | 34 | 16 | 31,000 | 26,000 | 47 |
| Total | 3,276,000 | 24 | 47 | 1,532,000 | 1,516,000 | 37 |
TABLE II.
The Employment of Women in the Main Groups of Industrial Occupations, April 1916, 1917, 1918.
| Occupation | Estimated number of Women employed July, 1914. | Increase (+), Decrease (-), since July, 1914, in the number of Women employed. | Number of Women stated by Employers to be replacing Men, April, 1916. | ||
| April, 1916. | April, 1917. | April, 1918. | |||
| Metal Trades | 170,000 | + 149,200 | + 295,300 | + 385,000 | 194,000 |
| Chemical Trades | 40,000 | + 34,300 | + 66,000 | + 63,000 | 81,000 |
| Textile Trades | 863,000 | + 19,200 | + 14,500 | - 19,000 | 65,000 |
| Clothing Trades | 612,000 | + 12,800 | - 44,700 | - 37,000 | 46,000 |
| Food Trades | 196,000 | + 17,100 | + 25,000 | + 30,000 | 62,000 |
| Paper and Printing Trades | 147,000 | - 700 | - 5,100 | - 4,000 | 21,000 |
| Wood Trades | 44,000 | + 14,000 | + 21,000 | + 34,000 | 26,000 |
| All Industrial Occupations, including some not specified above | 2,176,000 | + 284,700 | + 483,600 | + 537,000 | 510,000 |
| Present Occupation. | Same Occupation. | Household Duties, and not previously occupied. | Textile Trades. | Clothing Trades. | Other Industries. | Domestic Service. | Other Industrial Occupations. | Total stated and classified. |
| Metal Trades | 53,249 | 18,927 | 3,408 | 4,635 | 12,458 | 12,502 | 5,449 | 110,628 |
| Chemical Trades | 14,634 | 52,407 | 6,226 | 17,941 | 20,879 | 44,438 | 17,079 | 173,604 |
| Textile Trades | 6,378 | 4,730 | 1,377 | 3,695 | 2,320 | 2,531 | 1,054 | 22,085 |
| Clothing Trades | 38,256 | 9,334 | 1,000 | 8,430 | 5,745 | 4,970 | 3,643 | 71,378 |
| Wood Trades | 4,439 | 3,764 | 783 | 1,490 | 2,626 | 3,950 | 1,196 | 18,248 |
| Leather Trades | 7,682 | 2,179 | 695 | 1,372 | 1,782 | 1,311 | 822 | 15,843 |
| Rubber Trades | 7,897 | 4,055 | 1,119 | 1,561 | 2,104 | 2,393 | 1,030 | 20,159 |
| Others | 4,003 | 3,115 | 400 | 669 | 1,233 | 1,897 | 875 | 12,192 |
| Total | 136,538 | 98,511 | 15,008 | 39,793 | 49,147 | 73,992 | 31,148 | 444,137 |
TABLE IV.
Showing Changes between July, 1914, and October, 1918, in Numbers of Girls under 18 employed in Various Occupations.
| Occupations with— | Numbers on | Gross | ||
| July 1914. | Oct. 1918. | Increase. | Decrease. | |
| (1) Very large Increase. | ||||
| Building and Construction | 1,500 | 6,000 | 4,500 | ... |
| Metal Trades | 45,000 | 108,000 | 63,000 | ... |
| Chemical Trades | 11,000 | 25,000 | 14,000 | ... |
| Woodworking Trades | 10,500 | 20,000 | 9,500 | ... |
| Other Trades | 26,000 | 37,000 | 11,000 | ... |
| Total in Industry | 94,000 | 196,000 | 102,000 | ... |
| (2) Large Increase, but no serious problem. | ||||
| Mines and Quarries | 1,500 | 4,000 | 2,500 | ... |
| Agriculture | 12,000 | 18,000 | 6,000 | ... |
| Professional Occupations | 5,000 | 11,000 | 6,000 | ... |
| Postal Service | 10,000 | 14,000 | 4,000 | ... |
| Municipal Gas, Water, and Electricity | ... | 1,000 | 1,000 | ... |
| Municipal Tramways | ... | 1,000 | 1,000 | ... |
| Other Local Government Service | 5,000 | 8,000 | 3,000 | ... |
| Total in Class 2 | 33,500 | 57,000 | 23,500 | ... |
| (3) Small Increase. | ||||
| Food, Drink, and Tobacco Trades | 49,000 | 53,000 | 4,000 | ... |
TABLE V.
Number of Children and Young Persons convicted of Indictable Offenses in Juvenile Courts in large Cities and in the Metropolitan Police Area from 1914-1917.
| Indictable Offenses. | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 |
| —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| Manchester | 435 | 708 | 767 | 750 |
| Liverpool | 1,169 | 1,545 | 2,013 | 2,196 |
| Leeds | 191 | 256 | 295 | 385 |
| Bristol | 106 | 207 | 331 | 279 |
| Birmingham | 368 | 423 | 504 | 625 |
| Newcastle | 86 | 177 | 222 | 234 |
| —— | —— | —— | —— | |
| 2,355 | 3,316 | 4,132 | 4,469 | |
| Metropolitan Police District | 1,778 | 3,069 | 3,858 | 3,856 |