[130] For more details about this subject, see an article of mine in the _Nineteenth Century_, August, 1900. [131] The Chief Inspector, Mr. Whitelegge, wrote to me in 1900 that the workshops which did not enter into his reports represented about one-half of all the workshops. Since that time Mr. Whitelegge has continued to publish his interesting reports, adding to them new groups of workshops. However, they still remain incomplete to some extent as regards this last point. In the last Report, published in 1911, we see that 147,000 workshops were registered at the end of 1907, and returns were received from 105,000 of them. But as in 32,000 workshops no women or young persons (below 18) were employed, their returns were not published. The Report for 1907 gives, therefore, only 91,249 workshops in which 638,335 persons were employed (186,064 male and 282,324 female adults, 54,605 male and 113,728 female young persons--that is, full-timers from 14 to 18 years old--and 863 male and 751 female children under 14). [132] From the curve that I computed it appears that all the textile factories are distributed as to their size as follows:--Not less than 500 operatives, 200 factories, 203,100 operatives; from 499 to 200, 660 factories, 231,000 operatives; from 199 to 100, 2,955 factories, 443,120 operatives; from 99 to 50, 1,380 factories, 103,500 operatives; less than 50, 1,410 factories, 42,300 operatives; total, 6,605 factories, 1,022,020 operatives.--_Nineteenth Century_, August, 1900, p. 262. [133] Nearly one-half of the 43,000 operatives who were employed at that time in the woollen trade of this country were weaving in hand-looms. So also one-fifth of the 79,000 persons employed in the worsted trade. [134] E. Roscoe’s notes in the _English Illustrated Magazine_, May, 1884. [135] Bevan’s _Guide to English Industries_. [136] Thorold Rogers, _The Economic Interpretation of History_. [137] _Poverty: a Study of Town Life_, London (Macmillan), 1901. [138] These figures, which were found during the census of 1866, have not changed much since, as may be seen from the following table which gives the proportional quantities of the different categories of the _active_ population of both sexes (employers, working men, and clerks) in 1866 and 1896:-- +---------------------+--------------+--------------+ | | 1866. | 1896. | +---------------------+--------------+--------------+ |Agriculture | 52 per cent. | 47 per cent. | |Industry | 34 ” | 35 ” | |Commerce | 4 ” | 5 ” | |Transport and various| 3 ” | 5 ” | |Liberal professions | 7 ” | 8 ” | +---------------------+--------------+--------------+