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1911 Census of England and Wales, General Report with Appendices, Table 62 : " Summary of Principal Industries or Services".
Industries or Services. | Net Total in Industry or Service. | Number in Occupation Tables. | ||||
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Persons. | Males. | Females. | Persons. | Males. | Females. | |
Domestic Indoor Service | 1,302,438 | 41,765 | 1,260,673 | 1,389,618 | 54,260 | 1,335,358 |
Agriculture (on Farms, Woods, and Gardens) | 1,229,555 | 1,134,714 | 94,841 | 1,235,237 | 1,140,515 | 94,722 |
Coal Mining | 971,236 | 968,051 | 3,185 | 887,386 | 884,530 | 2,856 |
Building | 817,942 | 814,989 | 2,953 | 873,535 | 872,963 | 572 |
Cotton Manufacture | 623,825 | 250,991 | 372,834 | 605,177 | 233,380 | 371,797 |
Local Government (including Police and Poor Law Services) | 588,951 | 412,501 | 176,450 | 127,247 | 107,810 | 19,437 |
Railway Companies. Service | 542,969 | 535,799 | 7,170 | 400,626 | 397,990 | 2,636 |
Engineering and Machine Making, Ironfounding and Boilermaking | 510,226 | 502,942 | 7,284 | 520,924 | 516,353 | 4,571 |
Dressmaking | 336,955 | 3,826 | 333,129 | 342,055 | 2,815 | 339,240 |
Teaching | 300,831 | 89,648 | 211,183 | 263,711 | 76,428 | 187,283 |
Inn, HotelService | 289,056 | 178,550 | 110,506 | 245,886 | 156,389 | 89,497 |
Grocery | 269,322 | 210,387 | 58,935 | 219,619 | 165,981 | 53,638 |
Tailoring | 254,828 | 127,301 | 127,527 | 249,467 | 122,352 | 127,115 |
Printing, Bookbinding, and Stationery | 249,465 | 161,856 | 87,609 | 244,850 | 155,170 | 89,680 |
National Government | 249,199 | 215,110 | 34,089 | 172,352 | 140,814 | 31,538 |
Wool and Worsted Manufacture | 233,189 | 105,552 | 127,637 | 222,679 | 95,531 | 127,148 |
Boot, Shoe, etc. Making | 217,986 | 172,000 | 45,986 | 213,694 | 169,171 | 44,523 |
Drapery | 204,126 | 93,171 | 110,955 | 150,968 | 66,362 | 84,606 |