Showing Changes between July, 1914, and October, 1918, in Numbers of Girls under 18 employed in Various Occupations.

Occupations with—Numbers onGross
July 1914.Oct. 1918.Increase.Decrease.
(1) Very large Increase.
Building and Construction1,5006,0004,500...
Metal Trades45,000108,00063,000...
Chemical Trades11,00025,00014,000...
Woodworking Trades10,50020,0009,500...
Other Trades26,00037,00011,000...
Total in Industry94,000196,000102,000...
(2) Large Increase, but no serious problem.
Mines and Quarries1,5004,0002,500...
Agriculture12,00018,0006,000...
Professional Occupations5,00011,0006,000...
Postal Service10,00014,0004,000...
Municipal Gas, Water, and Electricity...1,0001,000...
Municipal Tramways...1,0001,000...
Other Local Government Service5,0008,0003,000...
Total in Class 233,50057,00023,500...
(3) Small Increase.
Food, Drink, and Tobacco Trades49,00053,0004,000...

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.1914191519161917
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Manchester435708767750
Liverpool1,1691,5452,0132,196
Leeds191256295385
Bristol106207331279
Birmingham368423504625
Newcastle86177222234
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2,3553,3164,1324,469
Metropolitan Police District1,7783,0693,8583,856

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]