The table below describes the number of employees and factories in England and Wales from 1851 to 1901. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The

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provides key information about the

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of

employees

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and

factories

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in England and Wales between 1851 and 1901. The units are measured in numbers of people and

factories

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.

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, it is clear from the

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that the total

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of

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decreased significantly from 1851 to 1901.

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, the lowest

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of

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, which was in 1851, had the highest

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of

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. The

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also

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shows that the proportion of male

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was higher than that of females in all years, except in 1861. From 1851 to 1871, the

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shows a decrease in the total

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of

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and an increase in the

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of

factories

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. The total

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of

employees

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dropped from 477,100 in 1851 to 140,123 in 1871,

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the

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of

factories

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increased from 225 to 622 during the same period. In 1861, the

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of female

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was 160,000, which was almost double the

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of male

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. In terms of the final three decades shown, both the

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of

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and the

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of

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declined. The

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of

employees

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fell from 126,132 in 1881 to 61,000 in 1901.

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, the

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of

factories

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declined from 721 in 1881 to 600 in 1901.