Vision of Britain | 1911 Census: Occupations Vol 1

1911 Census of England and Wales, Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, giving details of Areas, Houses, Families or separate occupiers, and Population:- Occupations and Industries, Part I, Table 15 B : " Grouped occupations of Males and Females aged 10 years and upwards, in Administrative Counties, County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, Urban Districts of which the population exceeded 5,000 persons, aggregates of other Urban Districts, and aggregates of Rural Districts; also proportion per 1,000 of unmarried, married, widowed, and of married and widowed women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female domestic servants to separate occupiers or families, 1911 - Females".

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Occupation	Females [1]
Total Occupied and Unoccupied: Unmarried.	18,506
Total Occupied and Unoccupied: Married.	10,510
Total Occupied and Unoccupied: Widowed.	3,901
Retired or Unoccupied.	16,387
Engaged in Occupations (Orders I.-XXII.): Unmarried.	13,236
Engaged in Occupations (Orders I.-XXII.): Married.	1,663
Engaged in Occupations (Orders I.-XXII.): Widowed.	1,631
I. 1. Civil Service. VI. 5. Telegraph, Telephone - Service.	99
I. 2. Municipal, Parish, etc. Officers. IV. 3. Hospital and Institution Service.	451
III. 3. Midwives, Sick Nurses, Invalid Attendants.	456
III. 4. Teaching.	321
III. 5. Literary, Scientific, and Political. 7. Art, Music, Drama.	500
IV. 1. Domestic Indoor Service: In Hotels, Lodging, and Eating Houses.	184
IV. 1. Domestic Indoor Service: Other Domestic Indoor Servants.	8,676
IV. 3. Charwomen, Day Girls, Day Servants.	751
IV. 3. Laundry and Washing Service.	384
IV. 2, 3. Others engaged in Service.	261
V. 2, 3, 4. Commercial, Bank, and Insurance Clerks. III. 2. Law Clerks.	397
VII. Agriculture - On Farms, Woods, and Gardens.	3
X. 1-10. Metals, Machines, Implements, and Conveyances (including Electrical Apparatus).	15
XI. 1 - 4. Makers of Jewellery, Watches, Instruments, and Tackle for Sports and Games.	6
XIII. Wood, Furniture, Fittings, and Decorations.	115
XV. Chemicals, Explosives, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc.	21
XVI. 1, 2. Skins, Leather, Saddlery, and Harness.	10
XVI. 3. Hair and Feathers.	4
XVII. 1, 2. Paper, Prints, Books, and Stationery (excluding Stationers, Booksellers, Publishers, Newspaper Agents, and other Dealers).	54
XVIII. 1 - 6. Textile Manufactures (including Dyeing, etc.).	58
XVIII. 7. Drapers, Linen Drapers, Mercers. XIX. 1. Dealers in Dress.	363
XIX. 1. Tailoresses.	170
XIX. 1. Milliners.	187
XIX. 1. Dressmakers.	1,608
XIX. 1. Staymakers, Shirtmakers, Seamstresses.	184
XIX. 1. Boot, Shoe, Slipper, Patten, Clog - Makers.	15
XIX. 1. Other Workers in Dress.	36
XX. 1. Food - Workers.	24
XX. 1. Food - Dealers. XXII. 4. General Shopkeepers, Dealers.	290
XX. 4. Board, Lodging, and Dealing in Spirituous Drinks: Coffee, Eating, Lodging - House Keepers.	235
XX. 4. Board, Lodging, and Dealing in Spirituous Drinks: Others.	277
All Other Occupations.	375
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Unmarried.	715
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Married.	158
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Widowed.	418
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Married and Widowed.	229
Proportion per 1000 of "Other Domestic Indoor Servants" to total number of Separate Occupiers or Families.	544

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