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In regard to the second class—the local workers—the
work engaged in may be again classified into—
(1) Building work.
(2) Factory work.
(3) Railway, Tramway, and Motor-bus employees.
The factories in this district include, Drug, Soap,
Chemical Dye and Metal Factories, Confectionery Works,
Flour mills, Laundries, and Breweries.
The following five groups of occupations include 6,304,
or practically half of the total occupied males in the
district:—
Building and works of construction 1562
Food, tobacco, drink, and lodging 1420
Agriculture : on farms, woods and gardens 1357*
Defence of country 1202
Conveyance: on roads 763
*Including '210 Nurserymen, Seedsmen, and Florists,
and 543 Market Gardeners.
With regard to women, out of a total of 4,732
occupied females 1,446 are engaged as Domestic Servants
(equal to a rate of 165 per 1,000 separate occupiers or
families). The next four highest groups are:—
Laundry and washing service 449
Dressmaking 386
Teaching 257
Chemicals, Oil, Grease, Soap, etc. 238
A class of work largely engaged in locally is fieldlabour
in the market gardens. In this class of work
the wages paid are low, and a considerable amount
of female labour is used. The number of women returned
as engaged in agriculture is 146, but this is largely a
seasonal trade, and it should be borne in mind that the
Census is taken in April: probably the actual number is
much greater.