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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 50 : " Pensioners and "Retired" according to former Occupations - Females, 1911".
FORMER OCCUPATION | Numbers enumerated | Retired, per cent of Occupied | ||||||||
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Total | Unmar- ried | Mar- ried | Wid- owed | Total | Unmar- ried | Mar- ried | Wid- owed | In Work- houses | In Luna- tic Asy- lums. | |
2,943 | 1,676 | 138 | 1,129 | 3.82 | 3.09 | 1.62 | 7.86 | 0.51 | 0.49 | |
Teachers | 6,457 | 5,056 | 490 | 911 | 3.52 | 3.01 | 4.24 | 25.01 | 0.06 | 0.44 |
24,893 | 17,671 | 1,130 | 6,092 | 1.86 | 1.44 | 2.81 | 9.41 | 0.59 | 0.81 | |
Charwomen | 6,787 | 1,863 | 650 | 4,274 | 5.38 | 6.93 | 1.74 | 6.92 | 3.12 | 1.52 |
4,051 | 1,130 | 515 | 2,406 | 2.42 | 1.31 | 1.08 | 7.33 | 1.26 | 0.52 | |
Commercial Clerks | 245 | 213 | 10 | 22 | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.58 | 2.46 | 0.02 | 0.11 |
3,306 | 1,401 | 606 | 1,299 | 0.89 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 11.36 | 0.31 | 0.24 | |
Wool, Worsted Manufacture | 855 | 455 | 104 | 296 | 0.67 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 6.08 | 0.20 | 0.18 |
231 | 99 | 41 | 91 | 0.56 | 0.30 | 0.58 | 5.36 | 0.17 | 0.22 | |
Lace Manufacture | 444 | 178 | 56 | 210 | 1.72 | 1.06 | 0.89 | 7.71 | 0.55 | 0.53 |
718 | 475 | 56 | 187 | 1.08 | 0.77 | 1.60 | 15.82 | 0.18 | 0.31 | |
Tailors | 1,603 | 535 | 218 | 850 | 1.26 | 0.55 | 1.02 | 9.56 | 0.60 | 0.36 |
4,432 | 2,679 | 351 | 1,402 | 1.31 | 0.93 | 1.05 | 7.30 | 0.30 | 0.41 | |
Shirt Makers, Seamstresses | 2,789 | 1,201 | 268 | 1,320 | 3.47 | 2.05 | 2.59 | 11.61 | 1.65 | 1.29 |
635 | 343 | 66 | 226 | 0.83 | 0.70 | 0.34 | 2.84 | 0.05 | 0.09 | |
Grocers | 758 | 222 | 102 | 434 | 1.41 | 0.99 | 0.48 | 4.32 | 0.04 | 0.05 |
1,161 | 136 | 184 | 841 | 2.07 | 0.95 | 0.59 | 8.02 | 0.05 | 0.06 | |
Costermongers, Hawkers | 872 | 214 | 134 | 524 | 5.67 | 5.66 | 1.74 | 13.51 | 3.34 | 1.98 |
87,894 | 44,633 | 7,919 | 35,342 | 1.82 | 1.19 | 1.16 | 8.60 | 0.48 | 0.48 |