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

The provided table gives data about the factories which manufactured silk in two different countries, namely Wales and England over the ten-year period from 1851 to 1901.

Overall

, it can be clearly seen that in 1951 the total

number

of employees reached the highest point.

On the other hand

, there was a noticeable difference in terms of the gender of workers in the silk-producing factory. In detail, if we look at the first three decades from 1851 to 1871, there is a significant prevalence of female employees. In 1851 females

number

comprised 76.786,

while

males were slightly low to 22.822. In 1861 the

number

of factories reached the apex at 761. With regards to male silk manufacture factory personnel in 1880 it experienced an overwhelming decline to 25.766. Notwithstanding to reinforced

number

of factories in previous years, in 1890 it steadily declined to 663. It is worth considering that, over the period of five centuries total

number

of individuals who manufacture silk significantly reached the nadir in comparison with previous years.