The table below describes the number of employees and factories in England and Wales from 1851 to 1901. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The given table illustrates the

number

of male and female workers and manufacturing units in

England

and

Wales

in 10 years intervals starting from 1851 to 1901.

Overall

,

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of factory employees dropped steadily throughout the provided period,

whereas

males were predominant to females in most years.

Besides

, the

number

of factories fluctuated but increase over 50 years. Looking at the table in more detail, in 1851 there were over 477,000 labours in

England

and

Wales

. A significant downward trend was depicted in the total

number

of employees and it had plummeted to just 61,000 by 1901. In terms of gender distribution, men outnumbered women except

1861

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, when there were over 131,000 men as compared to 160,000 women.

However

, the gap between

two

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genders gradually narrowed. By 1901, it became inconsiderable where there were 31000 men and 30000 women workers.

In addition

, a seesaw trend in

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of factories in

England

and

Wales

was observed over five decades. It was only 225 in

England

and

Wales

in the initial year. In the

second

decade, from 1861 to 1871, it dramatically increased and

then

it reached a peak at 722 in 1881. After that, in the

last

two decades, it dropped and had only 600 by 1901.