The causes and the meaning of this demand a special treatment.
The census returns for 1901 showed that out of 4,171,751 females engaged
in occupations about 401/2 per cent. were in domestic or other service,
381/2 per cent. in manufactures, 7 per cent. in commerce, chiefly as shop-
assistants, 4 per cent. in teaching, 3 per cent. in hotels, boarding-
houses, etc., and 7 per cent. in other occupations.
The following table gives the groups of occupations in which more
females are employed than males:--
Occupational Groups Males Females
Sick nurses, midwives, etc. 1,092 67,269
Teaching 61,897 172,873
Domestic service 124,263 1,690,686
Bookbinding: paper and stationery manufactures 42,644 64,210
Textile manufactures 492,175 663,222
Dress manufactures 336,186 689,956
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1,058,257 3,348,216
All other occupations 9,098,717 823,535
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All occupations 10,156,974 4,171,751
The manufactures in which women have been gaining upon men are the
textile and clothing trades in almost all branches, tobacco, printing,
stationery, brushes, india-rubber, and foods.
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