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Of the 646 prisoners, there were English 446, Irish 172, Scotch 14, Welsh 14. 



With regard to the influence of particular employments in disposing men to in- 

 temperance, those engaged in laborious employments, as sawyers, smiths, carpenters, 

 and porters, were much less addicted to intemperance than tailors and others engaged 

 in sedentary occupations. Out of the 646 prisoners there were only seventeen fac- 

 tory operatives. 



On the Vital Statistics of the Spinners and Piecers employed in the fine 

 Cotton-Mills of Manchester. By Mr. Shuttleworth. 

 Mr. Shuttleworth stated that the tables contained in his communication related to 

 nineteen cotton-mills in Manchester, being the whole of the establishments in that 

 town in which the spinning of fine numbers of yarn was carried on. 



The tables were delivered in evidence to the Factory Commissioners when sitting 

 in Manchester, and verified by the affidavits of himself and the agents employed. 

 The summary of the facts obtained was as follows: — 



The nineteen mills worked sixty-nine hours per week. They employed 837 adult 

 spinners, of which there were 



8 under 21 years of age. 

 184 from 21 to 25 inclusive. 

 198 ... 26 to 30 



153 ... 31 to 35 



154 ... 36 to 40 



89 ... 41 to 45 



33 ... 46 to 50 



12 ... 51 to 55 



5 ... 56 to 60 



1 above 60 



837 

 The united ages of these spinners was 27,367 years, giving thirty-two years as the 

 average age of each person. They had worked in cotton-mills 19,133 years, which 

 was equal to twenty-two years and ten months for each person. In the year 1832, 

 255 spinners, or nearly 30 J per cent., were absent from work on account of sickness, 

 an aggregate of 6296-V days, or an average of twenty-four and a half days for each 

 sick person, or seven and one-third days for the whole number of spinners employed. 

 Of the 837 spinners, 



621, or 74£ per cent., reported themselves to have "good health,'' 

 171, or 20£ per cent., reported themselves to have " pretty good health," 

 45, or 5f per cent., reported themselves to have " indifferent health." 

 The 837 spinners employed 3233 boys and girls as piecers, or something less than 

 an average of four piecers to each spinner; and of these piecers 488, or 15 per cent., 

 were relations to the spinners. 



The number of spinners married was 707. rather more than 84 per cent. The 

 united ages of the wives when married were 15,3764 years, equal to twenty-one 

 years each. The number of years of the marriages was 7907 years and five months, 

 equal to eleven years and two months for each marriage. In this period twenty-six 

 of the wives, or rather more than 3| per cent., were dead, and 681, or nearly 96§ per 

 cent., were living. Of the living, 



422, or 62 per cent., were reported to have "good health," 

 151, or 22^- per cent., were reported to have " pretty good health," 

 108, or 15^ per cent., were reported to have " indifferent health." 

 The married spinners had had 3166 children, equal to four and a half to each mar- 

 riage; of these children 1922, or 60£ per cent., were alive, and 1244, or 39§ per 

 cent., were dead. 



Of the children alive, 1225, and of those who were dead, 1221 (making 2446, or 

 77^ per cent.), had never been occupied in any kind of work ; 640, or about 22 per 

 cent, of the whole, had worked in cotton-mills, and fifty-eight, or near 1 \ per cent., 

 had worked at other occupations. Out of the 640 who had worked in mills, eighteen, 

 or about 2J per cent., were dead; and of the fifty-eight who had worked at other 

 employments, four, or nearly 7 per cent., were dead. The cases of distortion amongst 



