TABLE 1.--Summary of the Position as regards the Employment of Women,
April, 1914.
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Increase in the
Estimated Percentage Employment of Women
Number of Women since July, 1914.
of to Total -------------------------
Women Number of Percentage Approximate
employed, Workpeople of these Increase
July, 1914. employed, employed in in
OCCUPATION July, 1914. July, 1918. Numbers.
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Industries 2,176,000 26 25 537,000
Government
Establishments 2,000 3 9,098 197,000
Gas, Water,
Electricity
(under Local
Authorities) 600 1 724 4,000
Agriculture 80,000 9 11 9,000
Transport 17,000 2 459 78,000
Tramways 1,200 2 1,466 18,000
Finance and
Banking 9,300 5 660 63,000
Commerce 296,000 29 71 354,000
Professions
(mainly Clerks) 50,500 28 118 57,000
Hotels, Public
Houses, Cinemas,
Theaters, etc. 181,000 48 14 25,000
Civil Service,
Post Office 60,300 24 78 59,500
Other Civil
Service 5,500 9 1,809 99,500
Other Services
under Local
Authorities 196,200 34 16 31,000
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Total 3,276,000 24 47 1,532,000
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Numbers of Percentage
Women of Women
stated by to Total
Employers Number of
to be Workpeople
directly employed,
replacing April,
OCCUPATION Men. 1918.
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Industries 531,000 36
Government Establishments 187,000 44
Gas, Water, Electricity
(under Local Authorities) 4,000 9
Agriculture 40,000 13
Transport 79,500 10
Tramways 17,000 34
Finance and Banking 59,500 40
Commerce 352,000 53
Professions (mainly Clerks) 22,500 61
Hotels, Public Houses,
Cinemas, Theaters, etc. 44,500 61
Civil Service, Post Office 64,000 52
Other Civil Service 89,000 57
Other Services under Local
Authorities 26,000 47
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Total 1,516,000 37
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