The table provides the information about the workforce and factories in silk production in British and Wales over the period 50 years from 1851.
It is clear that there was a gradual decline in the number of total employees in which the number of male employees is more than that of female employees each year. Meanwhile, factory quantity fluctuated throughout this period.
In 1851, the total number of employees peaked at 130.750 people which consisted of 53.964 men and 76.786 women. On the contrary, in the next 10 years, the figure of factories increased significantly and reached the highest point at 761 factories, while total employees were decreased to 109.869 including … males and … females.
During the 40 years following from 1861, the number of male employees and female employees continued to steadily decrease to 13.375 and 25.567 respectively, which led to a total staff reduction to 38.942 in 1901. Meanwhile, the number of factories experienced a drop throughout this period, from 761 factories in 1861 to 623 in 1901.
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