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APPENDICES.
HOME OFFICE,
3rd January, 1910.
Dear Sir,
Employment of Married Women.
You will remember that it was arranged that the enquiry
should extend to the births, etc., recorded in 1908, and hence that
in order to complete the records of the first year of life it could not
be concluded before the end of 1909.
In the Home Office circular letter of May 10th, 1907, an
outline form of tables for summarising the results was given, and in
the further letter of December 17th, 1907, it was stated that detailed
tables amplifying that outline, might be suggested later.
The data collected will admit of endless permutations and
and combinations, each yelding important results, and for the
purposes of broad conclusions it is necessary to make a selection
among them. The enclosed prints indicate the summary which
would be of most importance from the point of view of the Home
Office, and whatever other statistical treatment may be adopted,
it is hoped that the tabulation of local data will as far as possible be
such as to lend itself to the desired totals for the town as a whole.
Further copies will be forwarded if desired.
With regard to the initial tabulation of the returns, and
conclusions to be drawn from them, the following points may be
noted:—
1. "Family at home" is intended to be exclusive of lodgers;
the data as to lodgers being of moment only as affecting (a)
the income of the household, and (b) the question of overcrowding.
If lodgers have been included, this should be
stated.
2. The income may be difficult to ascertain, or to state with
precision if ascertained; e.g., where the mother is employed
in a factory for one or two days per week only, as occurs
in the Potteries.