Occupations of Girls in England and Wales, according to Census of 1911
00's omitted in Employed Columns
Key:
A: Employed.
B: Per cent.
| Ages. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trades. | 14 Years. | 15 Years. | 16 Years. | 17 Years. | 18 Years. | |||||
| A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | A | B | |
| Manufacture— | ||||||||||
| Textiles | 312 | 9·1 | 343 | 10·3 | 352 | 10·4 | 357 | 10·6 | 356 | 10·5 |
| Dress | 251 | 7·3 | 383 | 11·5 | 425 | 12·6 | 414 | 12·3 | 405 | 11·9 |
| Other | 234 | 6·7 | 328 | 9·7 | 366 | 10·7 | 381 | 11·7 | 386 | 11·3 |
| Domestic, Hotel and Restaurant Service— | ||||||||||
| Private Indoor and Other Domestic | 367 | 10·7 | 598 | 17·8 | 733 | 21·8 | 810 | 24·1 | 855 | 25·1 |
| Hotel and Restaurant, etc., Service | 16 | ·5 | 35 | 1·0 | 57 | 1·7 | 76 | 2·3 | 93 | 2·7 |
| Commercial | 89 | 2·6 | 168 | 5·0 | 225 | 6·7 | 257 | 7·7 | 275 | 8·1 |
| Other | 63 | 1·8 | 78 | 2·3 | 95 | 2·8 | 125 | 3·7 | 160 | 4·7 |
| Total Occupied | 1332 | 38·7 | 1933 | 57·6 | 2253 | 66·7 | 2420 | 71·9 | 2530 | 74·3 |
| Total Unoccupied | 2111 | 61·3 | 1424 | 44·2 | 1121 | 33·3 | 946 | 28·1 | 874 | 25·7 |
| Total | 3443 | 100 | 3357 | 100 | 3374 | 100 | 3366 | 100 | 3404 | 100 |
[Extracted from The Present Position of the Juvenile Labour Problem, by F. Keeling.]
TABLE II
Proportion per 1000 Girls engaged in Occupations in certain Districts, England and Wales, 1911[15]
| Ages. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 Years. | 15 Years. | 16 Years. | 17 Years. | 18 Years. | |
| England and Wales | 387 | 576 | 668 | 719 | 743 |
| Lancashire | 651 | 751 | 801 | 826 | 837 |
| Blackburn | 841 | 905 | 925 | 931 | 934 |
| Burnley | 872 | 899 | 932 | 940 | 938 |
| Oldham | 843 | 890 | 910 | 926 | 923 |
| Preston | 784 | 887 | 906 | 930 | 916 |
| Rochdale | 853 | 904 | 910 | 932 | 932 |
| London | 365 | 625 | 737 | 795 | 820 |
| Birmingham | 643 | 812 | 867 | 890 | 894 |
| Bradford | 790 | 858 | 881 | 895 | 896 |
| Leeds | 673 | 768 | 815 | 831 | 835 |
| Sheffield | 435 | 595 | 660 | 699 | 714 |