+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | I. _Contraction of Employment of Women and Girls. | | Board of Trade Figures._ | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Reduction in Numbers as compared with July 1914. | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | Sept 1914. | Oct. | Dec. | Feb. 1915. | |-----------------|--------------|------------|-----------------| | 8·4 | 6·2 | 3·2 | 1·5 | |===============================================================| | II. _Cotton Trade. All Work-people, Women predominating._ | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Reduction of Employment | Reduction of Earnings | | |per cent of previous year. |per cent of previous year. | | 1914. |---------------------------|---------------------------| | | Lancashire and | Burnley. | Lancashire and | Burnley. | | | Cheshire. | | Cheshire. | | |-------|----------------|----------|----------------|----------| | Aug. | 42·1 | 46·0 | 60·9 | 70·7 | | Oct. | 18·3 | 32·6 | 37·1 | 57·7 | | Dec. | 9·7 | 19·3 | 20·8 | 38·5 | | Feb. | 6·3 | 9·3 | 9·0 | 11·4 | | April | 6·7 | 10·4 | 4·9 | 4·7 | | June | 6·9 | 6·7 | 5·8 | 6·5 | |===============================================================| | III. _Percentage Increase or Decrease compared with | | same Month in Previous Year._ | |---------------------------------------------------------------| | | Sept. | Nov. | Jan. |March. | May. | | | 1914. | | 1915. | | | |-----------------------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------| |London Dressmakers, | | | | | | | chiefly West End | -11·6 | -14·9 | -14·7 | -15·4 | -13·2 | |Court ditto | -17·3 | -33·2 | -37·2 | -28·1 | -23·3 | |Mantle, costume, etc., | | | | | | | makers | -15·3 | -7·6 | -11·2 | - 2·5 | + 0·6 | |Shirt and collar makers| -11·7 | 11·8 | -10·2 | - 1·5 | - 2·1 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ APPENDIX TO CHAPTERS II. AND IV. DOCUMENTS AND EXTRACTS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE POSITION OF WOMEN DURING THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. _Thoughts on the Use of Machines in the Cotton Manufacture._ By a Friend of the Poor. Manchester Reference Library, 677, 1, B. 12. (Barnes, 1780.)