Appendix K
DISTRIBUTION OF YOUNG PERSONS BETWEEN
DIFFERENT EMPLOYMENTS IN JULY, 1914,
OCTOBER, 1917, AND JANUARY, 1918
(Compiled from Ministry of Reconstruction,
Juvenile Employment During the War and After,
pp. 10, 11, 77.)
Total Boys and Girls Under 18 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Estimated numbers employed Oct., 1917 | Estimated numbers employed Jan., 1918 | Increase or decrease July, 1914- Jan., 1918 | |
| Building | 50,000 | 48,000 | - 12,300 |
| Mines and Quarries | 168,000 | 178,000 | + 11,300 |
| Metal Trades | 404,000 | 409,000 | +173,800 |
| Chemical Trades | 47,000 | 48,000 | + 22,300 |
| Textile Trades | 329,000 | 324,000 | - 15,000 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 96,000 | 96,000 | + 7,200 |
| Clothing Trades | 169,000 | 169,000 | - 19,600 |
| Paper and Printing | 75,000 | 74,000 | - 11,700 |
| Wood Trades | 54,000 | 55,000 | + 10,000 |
| Other Industries | 80,000 | 81,000 | + 10,000 |
| Industries Total | 1,472,000 | 1,482,000 | +176,000 |
| Municipal gas, water, electricity | 4,000 | 3,500 | + 2,000 |
| Government establishments | 32,000 | 30,000 | + 27,000 |
| Agriculture | 136,000 | 130,000 | - 9,000 |
| Transport | 101,500 | 102,500 | + 25,100 |
| Finance and commerce | 427,000 | 416,000 | + 94,000 |
| Professional occupations | 29,000 | 27,000 | + 8,000 |
| Hotels, cinemas, theaters | 30,000 | 32,000 | + 7,000 |
| Postoffice | 24,000 | 23,000 | - 4,000 |
| Other civil service | 13,500 | 14,500 | + 11,400 |
| Local government (including education, but excluding Municipal trams, water gas,electricity) | 18,000 | 17,500 | + 4,500 |
| Grand Total | 2,287,000 | 2,278,000 | +342,000 |
Total Boys Under 18 | |||
| Estimated numbers employed Oct., 1917 | Estimated numbers employed Jan., 1918 | Increase or decrease July, 1914- Jan., 1918 | |
| Building | 44,000 | 42,000 | - 17,000 |
| Mines and Quarries | 164,000 | 174,000 | + 9,000 |
| Metal Trades | 296,000 | 303,000 | +113,000 |
| Chemical Trades | 22,000 | 22,000 | + 7,500 |
| Textile Trades | 116,000 | 114,000 | - 10,000 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 43,000 | 43,000 | + 3,000 |
| Clothing Trades | 45,000 | 45,000 | - 3,000 |
| Paper and Printing | 30,000 | 30,000 | - 10,000 |
| Wood Trades | 34,000 | 34,000 | - 500 |
| Other Industries | 43,000 | 44,000 | - 1,000 |
| Industries Total | 837,000 | 851,000 | + 91,000 |
| Municipal gas, water, electricity | 3,000 | 3,000 | + 1,500 |
| Government establishments | 22,000 | 21,000 | + 18,000 |
| Agriculture | 118,000 | 113,000 | - 14,000 |
| Transport | 89,500 | 90,500 | + 14,400 |
| Finance and commerce | 224,000 | 216,000 | - 22,500 |
| Professional occupations | 18,000 | 17,000 | + 3,000 |
| Hotels, cinemas, theaters | 17,000 | 19,000 | + 6,500 |
| Postoffice | 10,000 | 9,000 | - 7,800 |
| Other civil service | 4,500 | 4,500 | + 1,500 |
| Local government (including education, but excluding Municipal trams, water gas,electricity) | 10,000 | 10,000 | + 2,400 |
| Grand Total | 1,353,000 | 1,354,000 | + 94,000 |
Total Girls Under 18 | |||
| Estimated numbers employed Oct., 1917 | Estimated numbers employed Jan., 1918 | Increase or decrease July, 1914- Jan., 1918 | |
| Building | 6,000 | 6,000 | + 4,700 |
| Mines and Quarries | 4,000 | 4,000 | + 2,250 |
| Metal Trades | 108,000 | 106,000 | + 60,800 |
| Chemical Trades | 25,000 | 26,000 | + 14,850 |
| Textile Trades | 213,000 | 210,000 | - 5,000 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 53,000 | 53,000 | + 4,200 |
| Clothing Trades | 124,000 | 124,000 | - 16,550 |
| Paper and Printing | 45,000 | 44,000 | - 1,750 |
| Wood Trades | 20,000 | 21,000 | + 10,500 |
| Other Industries | 37,000 | 37,000 | + 11,000 |
| Industries Total | 635,000 | 631,000 | + 85,000 |
| Municipal gas, water, electricity | 1,000 | 500 | + 500 |
| Government establishments | 10,000 | 9,000 | + 9,000 |
| Agriculture | 18,000 | 17,000 | + 5,000 |
| Transport | 12,000 | 12,000 | + 10,700 |
| Finance and commerce | 203,000 | 200,000 | +116,500 |
| Professional occupations | 11,000 | 10,000 | + 5,000 |
| Hotels, cinemas, theaters | 13,000 | 13,000 | + 500 |
| Postoffice | 14,000 | 14,000 | + 3,800 |
| Other civil service | 9,000 | 10,000 | + 9,900 |
| Local government (including education, but excluding Municipal trams, water gas,electricity) | 8,000 | 7,500 | + 2,100 |
| Grand Total | 934,000 | 924,000 | +248,000 |