The table shows the number of employees and factories producing silk in England and Wales between 1851 and 1901.

The table shows the number of employees and factories producing silk in England and Wales between 1851 and 1901.
The table gives information about the workforce in
silk
production,
number
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the number
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of each gender and
number
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the number
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of
factories
, in two countries, England and Wales, over a period of 50
years
, starting from 1851
Overall
the total
number
of
employees
decreased over the period,
major
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a major
the major
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part of
employees
were women in
silk
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the silk
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industry.
Also
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Also,
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the
number
of
silk
manufacturing
factories
increased over the 50
years
, despite some fluctuations. In 1851
number
of total
employees
in
silk
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the silk
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industry was in his pick 130.750
employees
which
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apply
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consists
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consisting
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from
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of
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76.786 female workers and approximately 54000 male workers,
However
number
of manufacturing
factories
in 1851 was at its lowest
272
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at 272
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.
Although
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However
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in ten
years
number
of
factories
dramatically increased to 761,
while
the total
number
of
employees
experienced a considerable fall of over 20.000 people. Over 40
years
the
number
of
employees
shows
stable
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a stable
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decrease and in 1901 was at its lowest approximately 39000, which contained 13375 and 25567 male and female workers respectively.
Meanwhile
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Meanwhile,
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the
number
of
silk
factories
experienced a slow down decline over these 40
years
from 761 in 1861 to 623 in 1901
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Vocabulary: Replace the words silk, number, factories, years, employees with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 10 times.
Vocabulary: The word "decreased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.

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