ON WOMENS LABOUR. 



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Chjf.hiixj : Numbers in Factories under Inspection. 

 (Childrcu excluded except in bats and haberdashery.) 



It is not possible to separate the numerous causes which led to the 

 change of relative numbers between 1871 and 1890. The rapid growth 

 in number of boot factories, with their small proportion of women, 

 causes part of the fall in that period. 



(/) and {(/) When Work is taken over by Unrestricted Persons or Machinery, 



If the restriction of women's hours can only be met by carrying on 

 their work without them, employers are generally put to considerable ex- 

 pense, and every effort is made to reduce the amount of overtime (see 

 previous references) or to introduce machinery to do the work. There 

 are probably many cases where the necessary re-arrangement of work has 

 given an impetus to the use of machinery ; but the Committee has only 



' Including some small items, not contained in the adjoining tables. 



