--------------------------+----------+----------- Occupations. | Hitchin. | Brixworth. --------------------------+----------+----------- Labourers | 3,830 | 222 Painters | 226 | 14 Grooms | 157 | 12 Bricklayers | 144 | 12 Shoemakers | 133 | 13 Fitters }| | 9 Rivetters }| 123 | -- Boilermakers }| | -- Tailors | 108 | 5 Carpenters and joiners | 106 | 9 Printers and compositors | 74 | -- Stokers, firemen, etc. | 70 | 3 Seamen | 60 | 4 Moudlers and drillers | 58 | -- Gardeners | 37 | -- Clerks | 36 | -- Engineers | 34 | -- Bakers | 33 | -- Harnessmakers and saddlers| 31 | -- Porters | 27 | -- Blacksmiths, etc. | 25 | -- Sawyers | 25 | -- Plasterers | 24 | -- Masons | 22 | -- Silversmiths | -- | 3 Other trades | 446 | 16 +----------+----------- Total | 5,829 | 322 --------------------------+----------+----------- [Footnote 11: Annual Report of the Local Government Board, 1906-7, pp. 292, 293.] The following classification of the casuals admitted into the wards of a rural union, unnamed, is published by the Poor Law Commission:--[12] ----------------------------------------------- Occupations. | 1905. | 1906. | 1907. --------------------|--------|--------|-------- Navvies | 552 | 772 | 613 General labourers | 404 | 485 | 489 Carters | 62 | 56 | 61 Carpenters | 42 | 6 | 37 Masons | 38 | 42 | 48 Grooms | 37 | 40 | 60 Seamen | 34 | 28 | 48 Fitters | 24 | -- | 20 Shoemakers | 23 | 24 | 36 Firemen | 15 | 21 | 31 Tailors | 13 | 16 | 11 Gardeners | 12 | 12 | 8 Miners | 12 | -- | -- Bakers | 4 | 13 | 13 Clerks | 11 | 8 | 38 Ironmoulders | 11 | 5 | 16 Blacksmiths | 9 | -- | 13 Other occupations | 142 | 57 | 69 Professional tramps | 70 | 25 | 66 |--------|--------|-------- Total | 1,512 | 1,610 | 1,673 -----------------------------------------------