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

The given table presents data on the

number

of male and female

employees

and

factories

in England and Wales between 1851 and 1901.

Overall

, the

number

of male

employees

was consistently higher than that of females, except in 1861 and 1901.

In addition

, the total

number

of

employees

decreased over the 50-year period,

while

the

number

of

factories

increased substantially. Looking at the table in more detail, in 1851, there were almost 290,000 male

employees

and 190,000 female

employees

. After 50 years, the

number

of

employees

of both genders was approximately equal at around 300,000 each.

However

, in 1861, the

number

of female

employees

was higher than males at 160,000 and 130,000, respectively. In terms of the total

number

of

employees

and

factories

, the figure for the former was over 477,000 in 1851

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but decreased drastically to 61,000 in 1901.

On the other hand

, the

number

of

factories

increased from 225 in 1851 to 600 in 1901.