| Trade | Number of Policies of Women and Girls Remaining Lodged | |
|---|---|---|
| April 25, 1919 | October 11, 1919 | |
| Agriculture | 1,956 | 152 |
| Conveyance of Men, Goods and Messages | 11,932 | 962 |
| Mines and Quarries | 982 | 78 |
| Cotton | 81,635 | 1,171 |
| Woolen and Worsted | 4,670 | 162 |
| Other Textiles, including Printing, Dyeing, etc. | 35,835 | 1,951 |
| Commercial | 24,124 | 8,616 |
| Food, Drink and Tobacco | 19,926 | 1,818 |
| Dress | 26,519 | 2,924 |
| Domestic Offices and Services | 84,529 | 7,348 |
| General Laborers, Factory Workers, etc. | 56,900 | 3,740 |
| Other Uninsured Industries | 48,877 | 5,632 |
| Total | 397,885 | 34,554 |
Appendix N
AVERAGE WAGES OF WOMEN AND GIRLS
IN NON-MUNITION TRADES IN
THE UNITED KINGDOM.
(Calculated from Monthly Returns made by Employers to the Department of Labour Statistics.)[311]
| LAST WHOLE WEEK IN EACH MONTH. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Industry | Ordinary week in 1906 | May- Aug. 1915 | Sept.- Dec. 1915 | Jan.- April 1916 | May- Aug. 1916 | Sept.- Dec. 1916 | Jan.- April 1917 | May- Aug. 1917 | Sept.- Dec. 1917 | Jan.- April 1918 | May- Aug. 1918 | |||||||||||
| s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | s. | d. | |
| Cotton | 16 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 7 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 1 |
| Woolen and worsted | 12 | 1 | 15 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 21 | 9 | 22 | 8 | 25 | 3 |
| Linen | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 8 | 20 | 4 |
| Jute | 12 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 18 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 20 | 4 | 22 | 7 | 23 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 24 | 7 |
| Hosiery | 12 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 20 | 0 | 20 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 23 | 10 |
| Lace | 11 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 19 | 2 |
| Silk | 9 | 9 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 7 | 20 | 5 |
| Carpet | 11 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 17 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 22 | 11 | 24 | 4 |
| Bleaching, etc. | 11 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 18 | 6 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 24 | 9 |
| Boot and shoe | 10 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 19 | 6 | 20 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 22 | 10 |
| Shirt and collar | 11 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 5 |
| Ready-made tailoring | 10 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 18 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 23 | 2 | 25 | 8 |
| Printing | 9 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 13 | 6 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 21 | 8 |
| Bookbinding | 10 | 2 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 15 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 19 | 11 | 21 | 6 |
| Pottery | 10 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 16 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 19 | 1 | 21 | 7 |
| Glass | 8 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 16 | 10 |
| Food preparation | 10 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 17 | 6 | 18 | 3 | 20 | 2 | 21 | 7 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 5 |
| Total | 12 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 17 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 5 | 21 | 10 | 23 | 6 [312] |
Appendix M
List of trades in which women have been substituted for men during the war, but “which from their nature and other conditions of work appear in the main unsuitable for female labor in normal times.”
(Compiled from the British Home Office report on the
“Substitution of Women in Nonmunition Factories during the War,”
pp. 16-26.)
| Sawmilling | Rope and Binder Twine |
| Wood Wool Manufacture | Heavy Edge Tools |
| India Rubber | Scythes and Sickles |
| Heavy Chemicals | Wire Ropes (heavy) |
| Oil and Seed Crushing | Shale Oil Refining |
| Glasshouse processes | Cement Manufacture (most processes) |
| Flint Glass | Feltmongering |
| Glass Bottles | Matting |
| Papermaking | Linoleum Manufacture |
| Flour and Corn Milling | (except a few light processes) |
| Sugar Refining | Paints and colours |
| Gas Manufacture | China and earthenware |