The table demonsrtates the percentage of both male and female employers, as well as the number of factories in England and Wales, Over a period of 50 years, between 1851 and 1901, with ten-year intervals.
Overall, there was a significant increase in the number of factories, whereas the number of employees experienced a noticeable decline.
In 1851, there were 477,100 employees in total, including 287100 men and 190000 women, workind in 225 factories. By 1861, the figure of workers fallen dramatically to 291780, even though the number of factories rose slightly to 227. employment decreased by almost 185000 male workers, whose number fell from 287100 to 131780, while the number of factories almost didt change.
From 1871 to 1901, the number of employe to fall steadily, while the number of factories first rose sharply and then declined a little. In 1871 there were only 123 workers, but the number of factories withessed approximately 3 times before 622. The number of factories its highest point in 1881, 721, while total employment to 126132.