109 
OCCUPATION. 
In the following table are given the occupations of the cases, along 
with the number of persons engaged in such occupations, in the 
District of Columbia, according to the United States census of 1900: 
Occupation. 
Number of cases. 
Number of persons en- 
gaged in occupation, 
census of 1900. 
Male 
1 Fe- 
male. 
Total. 
Male. 
Fe- 
male 
Total. 
Professional pursuits: 
Electricians 
1 
i 0 
1 
461 
0 
461 
Journalists 
2 
' ® 
2 
398 
0 
398 
Lawyers 
1 
0 
1 
1,445 
0 
1,445 
Oflacials (government) 
1 
0 
1 
900 
0 
900 
OflBcials (bank) 
1 
' 0 
1 
1 
I 0 
1 
Artists 
1 
! 0 
1 
164 
146 
310 
Clergymen 
2 
0 
2 
504 
0 
504 
Physicians 
1 
* 0 
1 
881 
0 
881 
0 
3 
3 
1,598 
1,598 
Architects 
1 
0 
478 
0 
478 
Total 
12 
3 
15 
Domestic and personal service: 
i 
Barbers and hairdressers 
1 
1 
^ 1 
2 
860 
0 
860 
Bartenders 
3 
1 0 
3 
591 
0 
591 
Housekeepers, stewardesses 
0 
1 
1 
0 
529 
529 
Laborers, not specified 
27 
0 
27 
12, 476 
263 
12, 739 
Launderers, laundresses 
2 
13 
15 
474 
7, 194 
7,666 
Nurses and midwives 
3 
3 
6 
231 
1,311 
1, 542 
Restaurant and saloon keepers 
1 
i 1 
2 
612 
112 
724 
Servants and waiters 
9 
1 
19 
2,898 
15, 231 
20, 129 
Soldiers, sailors, marines (United States) 
2 
0 
2 
745 
0 
745 
W atchmen, policemen, firemen, etc 
4 
0 
4 
1,667 
0 
1,667 
Total 
52 
1 29 
81 
Trade and transportation: 
— 
— 
Agents (real estate) ... 
4 
0 
4 
Bookkeepers and accountants 
1 
2 
3 
837 
482 
1, 319 
Clerks, copyists 
11 
0 
11 
11,523 
4, 697 
14, 220 
Draymen, hackmen, teamsters 
13 
0 
13 
3,994 
0 
3,994 
Hostlers 
2 
0 
2 
410 
0 
410 
Hucksters, peddlers 
7 
0 
7 
526 
0 
526 
Merchants, dealers 
5 
0 
5 
3,945 
418 
4, 363 
Messengers, errand and office boys 
9 
0 
9 
1,345 
0 
1, 345 
Porters, helpers in stores 
4 
0 
4 
921 
0 
931 
Salesmen and saleswomen 
9 
8 
17 
2,644 
1,320 
3,964 
Steam-railroad employees 
5 
1 
6 
1, 185 
0 
1, 185 
Stenographers and typewriters 
6 
3 
9 
521 
708 
1,229 
Street-railway employees 
4 
0 
4 
817 
0 
817 
Telegraph and telephone operators 
0 
3 
3 
307 
(?) 
307 
Total 
28 i 
15 
43 
1 
