The table below describes the number of employees and factories in England and Wales from 1851 to 1901

The table illustrates the proportion of workers and factories in England and Wales between 1851 and 1901.

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, the total

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of

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decreased,

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the proportion of manufactories experienced an upward trend during the period.

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, the

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of male workers outnumbered the female. Stood at 477,100 in 1851, the total

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of

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peaked at the highest

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, where the proportion of male workers was 287,100 and

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was 190,000.

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, in the following two decades, both fell sharply which the figures for male and female

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accounting for 80,123 and 60,000, respectively, before they had a significant drop until the end of the period, having total

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of around 60,000. Surprisingly,

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the

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of men is generally higher than women, the latter outweighed the former in 1861. The

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of factories started at 225 at the beginning before increasing dramatically during the second decade, reaching 622. It peaked at 721 in 1881 and experienced a moderate fall in the following years, standing at 600 in the

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year.