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

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table illustrates how many workers and companies produced silk in two countries from 1851 to 1901.

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, total figures for employees declined significantly over

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period,

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of factories increased. The

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of

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and females decreased to 1901.

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and females was in 1851 with 53.964 and 76.786, respectively.

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, the figures

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females stayed higher than

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throughout the entire time period and accounted for 25.567 people to 1901,

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accounted for only 13.375. The total

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of employees witnessed the same trend and fell dramatically to 38.942 people in 1901.

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, factories showed rapid growth from 272 in 1851 to 761 in 1861,

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there were fluctuations from 761 to 663 during the time period from 1861 to 1891.

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, the figures continued to fall by 40 factories and reached

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623

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1901.