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

The given table illustrates the

number

of

workers

and

factories

in the silk production industry in 2 regions, England and Wales, from 1851 to 1901.

Overall

, it can be seen that there were always more females than males who worked in the silk

factories

over the provided period.

Additionally

,

although

the

number

of

factories

increased, the total

number

of people working in the silk industry fell. Regarding the first 3 decades, the

number

of

factories

in 1851 was 272, with almost 54.000 male

workers

and 76.786 female

workers

. After 10 years, the

factories

nearly tripled in

number

,

while

both the male and female workforce dropped by approximately 11.000 and 8.000

workers

, respectively. From 1861 to 1871, there was a reduction in the

number

of

factories

at

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only 693 in 1871, it was similar for the

number

of employees

where

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there was

also

a fall to 38.102 for males and 53.310 for females. Looking at the following 30 years, there was a slight increase in the

number

of

factories

from 1871 to 1881,

however

, it continued to go down for the rest of the period with only 623

factories

in 1901. Meanwhile,

although

the

number

of

men

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workers

went up slightly to 28.689 by 1891, the women kept decreasing to about 25.500

at the end

of the period.