Appendix A
The following table, from a “Report to the Board of Trade on the State of Employment in the United Kingdom,” of February, 1915, compares the number of males and females on full time, on overtime, on short time, and unemployed, between September, 1914, and February, 1915.
STATE OF EMPLOYMENT IN SEPTEMBER, OCTOBER
AND DECEMBER, 1914, AND FEBRUARY, 1915
(Numbers Employed in July = 100 per cent.)
| September, 1914 | October, 1914 | December, 1914 | February, 1915 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| Full time | 60.2 | 53.5 | 66.8 | 61.9 | 65.8 | 66.6 | 68.4 | 75.0 |
| 3,913,000 | 1,337,500 | 4,342,000 | 1,547,500 | 4,277,000 | 1,665,000 | 4,446,000 | 1,875,000 | |
| Overtime | 3.6 | 2.1 | 5.2 | 5.9 | 12.8 | 10.8 | 13.8 | 10.9 |
| 234,000 | 52,500 | 338,000 | 147,500 | 832,000 | 270,000 | 897,000 | 272,500 | |
| Short time | 26.0 | 36.0 | 17.3 | 26.0 | 10.5 | 19.4 | 6.6 | 12.6 |
| 1,690,000 | 900,000 | 1,124,500 | 650,000 | 682,500 | 485,000 | 390,000 | 15,000 | |
| Contraction in Nos. employed | 10.2 | 8.4 | 10.7 | 6.2 | 10.9 | 3.2 | 11.8 | 1.5 |
| 663,000 | 210,000 | 695,000 | 155,000 | 708,500 | 80,000 | 767,000 | 37,500 | |
| Enlisted | 8.8 | ... | 10.6 | ... | 13.3 | ... | 15.4 | ... |
| 572,000 | ... | 689,000 | ... | 864,500 | ... | 1,010,000 | ... | |
| Net displacement (-) or replacement (+) | -1.4 | -8.4 | -0.1 | -6.2 | +2.4 | -3.2 | +3.6 | -1.5 |
| -91,000 | -210,000 | -6,500 | -155,000 | +156,000 | -80,000 | +243,000 | 37,500 | |