Vision of Britain | 1911 Census: Occupations Vol 1

1911 Census of England and Wales, Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911, giving details of Areas, Houses, Families or separate occupiers, and Population:- Occupations and Industries, Part I, Table 15 B : " Grouped occupations of Males and Females aged 10 years and upwards, in Administrative Counties, County Boroughs, Metropolitan Boroughs, Urban Districts of which the population exceeded 5,000 persons, aggregates of other Urban Districts, and aggregates of Rural Districts; also proportion per 1,000 of unmarried, married, widowed, and of married and widowed women engaged in occupations, and proportion of female domestic servants to separate occupiers or families, 1911 - Females".

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Occupation	Females [1]
Total Occupied and Unoccupied: Unmarried.	6,452,440
Total Occupied and Unoccupied: Married.	6,206,457
Total Occupied and Unoccupied: Widowed.	1,285,848
Retired or Unoccupied.	9,329,692
Engaged in Occupations (Orders I.-XXII.): Unmarried.	3,567,341
Engaged in Occupations (Orders I.-XXII.): Married.	658,748
Engaged in Occupations (Orders I.-XXII.): Widowed.	388,964
I. 1. Civil Service. VI. 5. Telegraph, Telephone - Service.	37,390
I. 2. Municipal, Parish, etc. Officers. IV. 3. Hospital and Institution Service.	59,115
III. 3. Midwives, Sick Nurses, Invalid Attendants.	80,355
III. 4. Teaching.	174,818
III. 5. Literary, Scientific, and Political. 7. Art, Music, Drama.	49,781
IV. 1. Domestic Indoor Service: In Hotels, Lodging, and Eating Houses.	59,542
IV. 1. Domestic Indoor Service: Other Domestic Indoor Servants.	1,199,306
IV. 3. Charwomen, Day Girls, Day Servants.	144,107
IV. 3. Laundry and Washing Service.	162,172
IV. 2, 3. Others engaged in Service.	38,060
V. 2, 3, 4. Commercial, Bank, and Insurance Clerks. III. 2. Law Clerks.	121,568
VII. Agriculture - On Farms, Woods, and Gardens.	74,541
X. 1-10. Metals, Machines, Implements, and Conveyances (including Electrical Apparatus).	91,796
XI. 1 - 4. Makers of Jewellery, Watches, Instruments, and Tackle for Sports and Games.	18,237
XIII. Wood, Furniture, Fittings, and Decorations.	29,701
XV. Chemicals, Explosives, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc.	36,497
XVI. 1, 2. Skins, Leather, Saddlery, and Harness.	17,751
XVI. 3. Hair and Feathers.	11,054
XVII. 1, 2. Paper, Prints, Books, and Stationery (excluding Stationers, Booksellers, Publishers, Newspaper Agents, and other Dealers).	97,019
XVIII. 1 - 6. Textile Manufactures (including Dyeing, etc.).	654,535
XVIII. 7. Drapers, Linen Drapers, Mercers. XIX. 1. Dealers in Dress.	112,959
XIX. 1. Tailoresses.	124,870
XIX. 1. Milliners.	62,613
XIX. 1. Dressmakers.	315,317
XIX. 1. Staymakers, Shirtmakers, Seamstresses.	92,126
XIX. 1. Boot, Shoe, Slipper, Patten, Clog - Makers.	44,387
XIX. 1. Other Workers in Dress.	49,357
XX. 1. Food - Workers.	53,273
XX. 1. Food - Dealers. XXII. 4. General Shopkeepers, Dealers.	211,420
XX. 4. Board, Lodging, and Dealing in Spirituous Drinks: Coffee, Eating, Lodging - House Keepers.	84,542
XX. 4. Board, Lodging, and Dealing in Spirituous Drinks: Others.	113,387
All Other Occupations.	193,457
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Unmarried.	553
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Married.	106
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Widowed.	302
Proportion per 1000 of Unmarried, Married, Widowed, and of Married and Widowed engaged in Occupations: Married and Widowed.	140

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