Census of England & Wales, 1931 : general report.

  • General Register Office Northern Ireland
Date:
1950
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Credit: Census of England & Wales, 1931 : general report. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE XLIX (continued)—INpbustry : ANALYsIS BY INDUSTRIAL STATUS OF ORDERS, SUB-ORDERS AND CERTAIN NUMERICALLY IMPORTANT INDUSTRIES, ENGLAND AND WALEs, 1931. Notr.—Employers (including Directors and Managers), Operative Employees and those working on own account are included in the total. The Out-of-Work (all classes) are excluded from the total. Males Females Number Number Percentage of Total of out of Percentage of Total of out of work as work as per Industry per cent of Total Total cent. of Em- Opera- | Working} number Em- Opera- |Working | number ployers, | tive Em-; on Own in ployers, | tive Em-] on Own in etc. ployees | Account| work etc. ployees | Account| work a b c d e f g h i j ky 11:3 72:5 16:2 9-8 289,919 | IX. Manufacture of Clothing (not knitted). 487,848 19 87-5 106 55 15:5 73°2 11:3 8-7 111,522 | 340, 341 Tailoring ; government and other. 153,899 0-8 97-4 18 6-4 6-0 69-4 24-6 10-9 131,839 | 353 Boots, shoes, slippers (not rubber). 52,895 0-8 98-8 0-4 Gl 9:0 88:3 27 11-1 352,616 | X. Manufacture of Food, Drink, Tobacco. 206,356 3:0 95:0 2:0 8:9 10-2 86-1 3-7 11-6 249,873 1. Food. 159,363 38 93-6 2°6 8:7 7:4 90:8 1:8 9:3 30,969 | 360 Grain milling. 3,573 1:9 97:8 0-3 7:3 14-5 79-2 6-3 10-7 114,202 | 364 Bread and fiour confectionery. 50,933 10-3 - 82:3 74 6:5 6-6 93-1 0-3 10°5 85,038 2. Drink. 17,565 1-2 98:7 0-1 12:9 5-0 94-8 0-2 9-6 59,638 | 381 Beer breweries. 9,888 1-3 98-7 _ 11-1 4-7 95-1 0-2 7:4 17,705 3. Tobacco, cigars, cigarettes, snuff. 29,428 0-2 99-8 0-0 | 7:4 88 77:8 13-4 16:2 210,930 | XI. Wood Working; Manufacture of Cane 27,873 16 95:1 3:3 10-1 and Basket Ware, Furniture, Fittings (not elsewhere enumerated). 9-8 71:4 18-8 15:6 90,695 1. Wood working and basket ware. 6,471 22 95°5 23 10°8 8-5 89-9 1-6 16:3 37,238 | 400 Saw mills and joinery works. 1,302 2:6 97°3 O-1 12-1 13-0 37:7 49-3 12°3 27,388 | 401 General and jobbing carpentry. 149 12-1 87-2 0-7 9-4 8-0 82:7 9:3 16-6 120,235 2. Furniture (not metal or basket) ; 21,402 1-4 95-0 3°6 9-9 fittings. 7-7 83-2 9-1 16-9 90,137 | 410 Cabinet and furniture making and 14,820 1-2 94-0 4:8 10-7 upholstering. 76 90:2 22 8-2 270,664 | XII. Paper Making Manufacture of Station- 140,457 0:8 Bz 05 79 ery and Stationery Requisites; Print- ing, Bookbinding and Photography. 2-7 97-2 0-1 9-3 33,431 1. Paper making. 10,021 0-2 99-8 0-0 8-2 9-2 90-1 0-7 8-2 28,638 2, Paper goods, stationery and 48,269 0-4 99-5 0-1 8-0 stationery requisites. 8-1 89-1 2:8 8-0 208,595 3. Printing, bookbinding and photo- 82,167 1-2 98-1 0-7 78 graphy. : 78 87-1 5-1 20:8 836,408 | XIII. Building, Decorating, Stone and Slate 10,385 65 |° 92:5 (251-6: 6-3 Cutting and Dressing and Contracting. (Pe 87:8 45 15:6 119,242 | XIV. Other Manufacturing Industries. 65,678 08 | 98:5 0-7 11:6 4:8 94:6 0-6 20-4 29,577 1. Rubber. 15,749 0-3 99-7 0-0 14-9 6-2 82°8 11-0 22°8 21,580 2. Musical instruments. 5,822 0:6 99-2 0-2 13-7 9-4 86:5 4+] 11-2 68,085 3. Other manufacturing industries. 44,107 1:0 98-0 1:0 10-1 15 98:4 01 8:9 202,892 | XV. Gas, Water, Electricity. 6,815 0-9 99-0 01 2-6 1-7 98-3 = 75 106,315 | 510, 516 Gas works. 3,360 0-7 99-3 — 2:7 1°2 98:8 ass L1<9 26,762 | 518-521 Waterworks and hydraulic power. 617 1:0 99-0 —_— 2-1 1:3 98°5 0-2 9°9 69,815 | 523-529 Electricity supply. 2,838 11 98°7 02 2°6 3:5 92°8 37 12:0 1,113,527 | XVI. Transport and Communication. 38,501 31 96-1 0:8 6-1 0-7 99-3 == 3-8 464,089 1. Railways. 13,872 0-4 99-6 _ 3-3 ZI 83-9 9-0 10-1 400,981 2, Road. 13,527 UT 90-3 2-0 52 14:5 70:4 15+1 9°6 74,353 | 540 Motor garages, livery stables and hiring 3,295 12-4 82-8 4:8 4:5 establishments, ) 10-0 73°5 16°5 16°3 141,931 | 541 Cartage and haulage contracting. 3,133 15-1 81-8 31 7-4 2°1 97°3 0-6 5:7 105,475 | 543, 544 Omnibus service. 4,030 2:4 97°5 0-1 58 0-6 99-4 = 4-2 68,601 | 545, 546 Tramway service. 2,008 0-9 99-1 — 1-6 4:5 93-4 2:1 43-3 121,014 3. Water. 6,887 iat 98-7 0-2 12:1 1:2 98-6 0-2 18:9 106,350 4. Docks, lighthouses, canals, etc. 1,918 0-4 99-2 0-4 Ts 54 90-4 4-2 15°7 1,230 5. Air. 165 — 98-2 1:8 3-6 5:3 94:3 0-4 19-1 8,780 6. Storage. 1,324 1-4 98-2 0-4 11-1 2°7 78:3 19-0 8-9 11,083 7, Other transport communication. 808 0-4 98-9 0-7 4-8 15:8 68:0 16:2 78 1,935,407 | XVII Commerce and Finance, 833,959 5:3 80:5 14:2 6-2 15-6 67-0 17:4 13-8 79,794 | 604 Dealing in coal. 5,128 10-4 83-0 6-6 5:3 16.9 68-2 14:9 6-9 203,533 | 610, 611 Dealing in grocery and provisions, 74,339 53 72°5 22-2 4-8 12:6 67:3 20-1 6-6 72,944 | 612,613 Dealingin milk and dairy products. 17,130 10-1 80°9 9-0 4:8 17-5 68:6 13-9 8-0 141,156 | 614, 615 Dealing in meat. 16,239 9-6 81-5 8-9 4:5 15:5 63-0 21-5 8-6 44,636 | 616, 617 Dealing in fish and poultry. 6,899 9-7 77-0 13-3 75 14:8 54°98 30°3 8-0 79,220 | 618, 619 Dealing in vegetables and fruit. 22,879 9°5 69-0 21:5 6-3 14:5 82°7 2:8 8-6 28,498 | 624 Dealing in building materials. 5,137 6-6 91-3 21 fo 53 21:8 693 8-9 5-9 40,362 | 626, 627 ene in drugs and druggists’ 21,542 2:9 95-4 1:7 5:3 sundries. 15:0 76°9 8-1 10:8 66,123 | 635 ae in textiles and clothing (whole- 20,844 1:8 ‘97-1 1-1 8-2 , sale). 22°8 60°8 16-4 75 104,277 | 636 Dealing in drapery, ‘hosiery, haber- 179,583 56 84:9 9:6 6-4 dashery, hats and millinery (retail). ; 10-7 85:5 3:8 19:8 44,877 | 641 Dealing in timber. : 3,016 3-3 95-6 1-1 6-6 14:8 74:4 10°8 10°4 44,941 | 642 Dealing in furniture. 13,199 4:2 89-3 6:5 Tor 19-0 50-7 30-3 4-0 43,334 | 645 tomy? in ee newspapers, station- 25,267 10-1 73-7 16-2 4-4 ery (retail). 12°6 75:4 12-0 5-9 174,273 | 652 Departmentalstores, general shops, and 98,520 4:4 72°5 23°1 4-6 like mixed businesses. 2:6 9:7 87:7 5-1 62,771 | 660 Hawking and street selling. 11,269 2-0 13-3 84-7 3:1 21:2 66:5 12-3 8-1 35,318 | 680 Auctioneering and valuing ; ‘house and 7,865 15 96:7 1:8 4:3 estate agencies. 12:6 87:3 0-1 1-1 71,850 | 684 Banking and bill discounting houses. 18,522 0-2 99-7 0-1 1-4 9:8 89-2 1:0 4:4 113,546 | 685 Insurance. 33,981 0-4 99°5 0-1 | 2-3 he 0-6 99:4 a= 9-1 1,023,675) XVIII. Public Administration and Defence. 854,384 12 ‘98-8 = 1-9 0-3 99-7 _— 2-1 229,444 1. Defence. ' 5,968 4:8 95-2 —_ 5*3 1:4 98:6 —_ 3-6 236,939 2. Central civil government (British 78,966 4:5 95-5 — 1-9 and Imperial). \ 0-3 99-7 —_ 14:3 557,292 8. Local government. 269,450 0-2 99-8 —_ 1:8 0-1 99-9 _ 0-5 61,707 | 720 Police. 1,503 0-3 99-7 2-8 0-3 99°7 —_— 1:5 75,516 | 722 Education, 160,866 0:0 100-0 — 0-9 13-1 69:2 17-7 34 293,619 | XIX. Professions. 273,959 26 81-4 16:0 39 1-2 96°7 21 1:7 50,060 | 730 Religion. 22,772 0-4 98-1 1:5 1:5 30°5 61:7 78 2:6 46,542 | 731 Law. 17,120 0:5 99-0 0°5 |. 2-2
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