e
directly employed,
replacing April,
OCCUPATION Men. 1918.
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Industries 531,000 36
Government Establishments 187,000 44
Gas, Water, Electricity
(under Local Authorities) 4,000 9
Agriculture 40,000 13
Transport 79,500 10
Tramways 17,000 34
Finance and Banking 59,500 40
Commerce 352,000 53
Professions (mainly Clerks) 22,500 61
Hotels, Public Houses,
Cinemas, Theaters, etc. 44,500 61
Civil Service, Post Office 64,000 52
Other Civil Service 89,000 57
Other Services under Local
Authorities 26,000 47
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Total 1,516,000 37
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TABLE II.

The Employment of Women in the Main Groups of Industrial Occupations,
April 1916, 1917, 1918.

Women
Increase (+), Decrease (-), stated by
Estimated since July 1914, in the Employers
number of number of Women employed. to be
Women replacing
employed April, April, April, Men, April
OCCUPATIONS July, 1914. 1916. 1917. 1918. 1916.

Metal Trades 170,000 + 149,200 + 295,300 + 385,000 194,000
Chemical Trades 40,000 + 34,300 + 66,000 + 63,000 81,000
Textile Trades 863,000 + 19,200 + 14,500 - 19,000 65,000
Clothing Trades 612,000 + 12,800 - 44,700 - 37,000 46,000
Food Trades 196,000 + 17,100 + 25,000 + 30,000 62,000
Paper and Printing
Trades 147,000 - 700 - 5,100 - 4,000 21,000
Wood Trades 44,000 + 14,000 + 21,000 + 34,000 26,000

All Industrial }
Occupations, }
including some not} 2,176,000 + 284,700 + 483,600 + 537,000 510,000
specified above }

TABLE III.