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REPORTS ON THE STATE OP SCIENCE. 



1915. 



Table IV. — ^Mactiine-sewinq Output. 



Queen Mary Workroom, PiccadLly. 

 Oct.-Feb. 1914-15. 



Conditions : 



Workers. — Girls aged 18-25. 



Surroundings. — Ordinary rooms, bared of furniture, 



Payment. — Piece rate (flat). 



Process. — Foot-driven machine, 

 Making flannel belts. 



(1) Running. 



(2) Cutting holes. | By 



(3) Affixing tapes. J hand. 



(4) Stitchmg. 



Linnel & Wallis. Kettering 

 June 1915. 



10 belts worked at a time 

 through each sub-process.* 



Bange. — 7 girls for a total of 55 

 days. 



Foot-driven machine. 

 Buttonholing. 



(1) Cutting the holes. 



(2) Buttonholing with 

 machine. 



(3) Snipping off 



threads. 

 3 doz. holes worked 

 at a time.* 



3 girls for a total of 

 44 days. 



Normal factory. 



Power-driven 



machine. 

 Buttonholing. 



4 girls for three weeks 

 each. 



Average output per day. 



* The figures had thus to be compiled by converting time spent per unit of output 

 (10 belts and 3 doz. holes) into rate of output per hour. This necessity has tended 

 to smooth down short fluctuations. 



-J" Output not recorded. 



