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 |
APPENDIX II
SOME STATISTICS REFERRING TO THE ILLEGITIMATELY BORN CHILD.
1. Births.
About 50,000 illegitimate children are born yearly in the United Kingdom. Consider what this means. In the course of a single generation of twenty years one million of these unprotected little ones are born, branded because their parents have acted illegitimately.[235:1]