Appendix D
The following table, compiled from the quarterly reports in the Labour Gazette and a special report of the Board of Trade, gives the increase in the employment of women between April, 1916, and July, 1918, for the most of the important occupational groups. It can not be compared directly with the similar tables, previously given, prepared by the British Association for the Advancement of Science, because of slight differences in the estimates of the numbers employed in July, 1914.
EXTENSION OF THE EMPLOYMENT OF WOMEN IN THE
UNITED KINGDOM, APRIL, 1916-JULY, 1918
(Classified by employers’ position, not by nature of work.)
| Estimated No. Empl July, 1914 | Estimated increase since July, 1914 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April, 1916 | July, 1916 | Oct., 1916 | Jan., 1917 | April, 1917 | ||
| Industrial Occupations[291] | 2,176,000 | 275,000 | 361,000 | 393,000 | 423,000 | 453,000 |
| Government Establishments[292] | 2,000 | 25,000 | 79,000 | 117,000 | 147,000 | 198,000 |
| Commercial | 496,000 | 166,000 | 240,000 | 268,000 | 274,000 | 307,000 |
| Professional (mainly clerks) | 50,500 | 13,000 | 14,000 | 15,000 | 18,000 | 21,000 |
| Banking, Finance (mainly clerks) | 9,500 | 23,000 | 32,000 | 37,000 | 43,000 | 50,000 |
| Hotels, Theaters | 181,000 | 12,000 | 20,000 | 16,000 | 10,000 | 13,000 |
| Agriculture (perm. labor Gt. Britain) | 80,000 | -14,000 | 20,000 | 500 | -14,000 | ... |
| Transport (not municipal) | 17,000 | 23,000 | 35,000 | 41,000 | 51,000 | 62,000 |
| Civil Service | 66,000 | 39,000 | 58,000 | 67,000 | 76,000 | 89,000 |
| Local Government[293] | 198,000 | 21,000 | 30,000 | 34,000 | 44,000 | 47,000 |
| Other | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Total | 3,276,000 | 583,000 | 889,000 | 988,500 | 1,072,000 | 1,240,000 |
| Estimated increase since July, 1914 | Per cent of increase July, 1914- July, 1918 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| July, 1917 | Oct., 1917 | Jan., 1918 | April, 1918 | July, 191 | ||
| Industrial Occupations[294] | 518,000 | 529,000 | 533,000 | 537,000 | 565,000 | 26.0 |
| Government Establishments[295] | 202,000 | 211,000 | 207,500 | 197,000 | 223,000 | 11,200.0 |
| Commercial | 324,000 | 333,000 | 343,000 | 354,000 | 364,000 | 73.4 |
| Professional (mainly clerks) | 20,000 | 50,000 | 50,000 | 57,000 | ... | 4.0 |
| Banking, Finance (mainly clerks) | 54,000 | 59,000 | 61,000 | 63,000 | 65,000 | 687.0 |
| Hotels, Theaters | 22,000 | 28,000 | 26,000 | 25,000 | 39,000 | 21.5 |
| Agriculture (perm. labor Gt. Britain) | 23,000 | 7,000 | -6,000 | 9,000 | 33,000 | 41.3 |
| Transport (not municipal) | 72,000 | 77,000 | 76,000 | 78,000 | ... | ... |
| Civil Service | 98,000 | 116,500 | 124,000 | 159,000 | 168,000 | 255.0 |
| Local Government[296] | 49,000 | 51,500 | 51,500 | 53,000 | 52,000 | 26.5 |
| Other | ... | ... | ... | ... | 150,000 | ... |
| Total | 1,382,000 | 1,462,000 | 1,466,000 | 1,532,000 | 1,659,000 | 50.6 |