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

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table illustrates how many

employees

and

factories

were

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in both UK regions (England and Wales) between 1851 and 1901.

Overall

, even though the

number

of male

employees

outnumbered females, the total

number

of both genders decreased and became equal by the end of the period.

It is clear that

the

number

of

factories

demonstrated a significant rise. Looking at the details, in 1851, the

number

of male and female

employees

started at 287,100

people

and 190,000

people

respectively,

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the former decreased almost halved to 131,780

people

,

while

the latter declined only by 30,000

people

.

However

, in 1901 these figures showed a significant drop to a similar

number

of

employees

around

30,000people

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30,000 people

. The total

number

of

employees

demonstrated a decline throughout

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period, from 477,100

people

in 1851 to 61,000

people

in 1901.

In contrast

, the

number

of

factories

started at 225 in 1851, which continued to rise until 1881 to 721

factories

. In the years 1891 and 1901, the figure demonstrated a decrease to 600

factories

.