+---------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | Numbers. | | | | | | | Occupation. |--------------------|Percentage| | | | | Change. | | | 1901. | 1911. | | | | | | | |-------------------------------|---------|----------|----------| |Hotel, eating-house, etc. | 45,711| 63,368 | +38·6 | |Other domestic indoor servants}|1,285,072|1,271,990}| +0·8 | |Day girls }| | 24,001}| | |College, club, etc. | 1,680| 3,347 | +99·2 | |Hospital, institution, etc. | 26,341| 41,639 | +58·1 | |Caretakers | 13,314| 18,633 | +39·95 | |Cooks, not domestic | 8,615| 13,538 | +57·1 | |Charwomen | 111,841| 126,061 | +12·7 | |Laundry | 196,141| 167,052 | -14·8 | +---------------------------------------------------------------+ Textiles, which as a whole have increased exactly in proportion to population, show a great variety in movement. The following shows the movement in the numerically more important groups. +-------------------------------------------------------+ | | Numbers. | Percentage | | |-------------------| Change. | | | 1901. | 1911. | | |----------------------|---------|---------|------------| |Cotton-- | | | | | Card-room operatives| 46,135 | 55,488 | +20·3 | | Spinning | 34,553 | 55,448 | +60·5 | | Winding, warping | 64,742 | 59,171 | -8·6 | | Weaving | 175,158 | 190,922 | +9·0 | |Wool-- | | | | | Spinning | 35,782 | 45,310 | +26·6 | | Weaving | 67,067 | 67,499 | +0·6 | |Hosiery | 34,481 | 41,431 | +20·2 | |Lace | 23,807 | 25,822 | +8·5 | +-------------------------------------------------------+
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