----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
| | | Total number
| | | and description
| | | of persons
| Total number | Total number | employed on all
| of persons | of persons | railways (open
| employed upon | employed upon | and unopen)
| railways open | railways not | authorised to be
| for traffic | open for traffic | used for the
| on the 30th | on the 30th | conveyance of
| June, 1849 | June, 1849 | passengers
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Secretaries and | | |
Managers. | 156 | 142 | 298
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Treasurers. | 32 | 7 | 39
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Engineers. | 107 | 269 | 376
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Superintendents. | 314 | 419 | 733
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Storekeepers. | 120 | 182 | 302
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Accountants and | | |
Cashiers. | 138 | 144 | 282
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Inspectors and | | |
Timekeepers. | 490 | 821 | 1311
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Station Masters. | 1300 | --- | 1300
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Draughtsmen. | 103 | 153 | 256
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Clerks. | 4021 | 421 | 4442
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Foremen. | 709 | 1421 | 2130
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Engine Drivers. | 1839 | --- | 1839
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Assistant Engine | | |
Drivers and Firemen. | 1871 | --- | 1871
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Guardsmen and | | |
Breaksmen. | 1631 | --- | 1631
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Switchmen. | 1540 | --- | 1540
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Gatekeepers. | 1361 | --- | 1361
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Policemen or | | |
Watchmen. | 1508 | 481 | 1989
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Porters and | | |
Messengers. | 8238 | 118 | 8356
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Platelayers. | 5508 | --- | 5508
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Artificers. | 10,809 | 16,144 | 26,953
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Labourers. | 14,829 | 83,052 | 97,081
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Miscellaneous | | |
employment. | 144 | 42 | 186
----------------------+---------------+------------------+-----------------
Total. | 55,968 | 103,816 | 159,784
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The other summary to which I have alluded is one derived from a return
which the House of Commons ordered to be printed on the 8th of April
last. It is relative to the railway accidents that occurred in the
United Kingdom during the half-year ending the 31st December, 1849, and
supplies the following analysis:--
“54 passengers injured from causes beyond their own control.
11 passengers killed and 10 injured, owing to their own misconduct or
want of caution.
2 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 3 injured, from
causes beyond their own control.
62 servants of companies or of contractors killed, and 37 injured,
owing to their own misconduct or want of caution.
28 trespassers and other persons, neither passengers nor servants of
the company, killed, and 7 injured, by improperly crossing or standing
on the railway.
1 child killed and 1 injured, by an engine running off the rails and
entering a house.