Woman's Work. Table Showing The Conditions Of Trade or Profession
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Woman's Work. Table Showing The Conditions Of Trade or Profession
Age to begin | Principal Towns where carried on | Rate of Wages | ||
To begin | Full wage | |||
Actresses.................................................. | _ | These occupations are governed entirely by individual circumstances, and will be dealt with in another part of Every Woman's Encyclopaedia | _ | _ |
Artists.................................................... | ||||
Accountants............................................. | ||||
Aerated water manufacture..................... | 18 | All big towns | 8s. a week | 10s. to 12s. a week |
Asylum attendants: | Usually by promotion | All big towns | £100 | £150 |
Matron.................................................. | ||||
Assistant matron, 2nd class.................. | 20 | All big towns | £60 | £70 |
Assistant matron, 1st class................... | 20 | All big towns | £80 | £90 |
Female attendant.................................. | 20 | All big towns | £25 | £33 |
Bag making............................................. | 14 | Northampton, etc. | 4s. 6d. a week | 11s. to 15s. a week |
Basket making........................................ | 15 | All towns | 5s. a week | 35s. a week |
Biscuit making........................................ | 14 | Reading | 4s. 6d. a week | 13s. to 16s. a week |
Bleachfield work..................................... | 14 | Halifax | 4s. 6d. a week | 9s. to 12s. a week |
Bobbin turning......................................... | 16 | Manchester | 6s. a week | 10s. to 12s. a week |
Book-keepers............................................ | 16 | All towns | 15s. a week | £2 upwards |
Box making (fancy)................................ | 14 | All towns | 3s. 6d. a Week | 10s. to 12s. a week |
Brush making........................................... | 14 | All towns | 3s. 6d. a week | 11s. to 15s. a week |
Bookbinders.............................................. | 14 | All towns | 5s. a week | 15s. a week |
Booksellers and stationers....................... | 15 or 16 | All towns | 4s. to 10s. a week | 18s. to 30s. a week |
Boot and shoe making............................. | 14 | Northampton | 4s. to 5s. a week | 10s. to 13s. a week |
Carpet making.......................................... | 14 | Kidderminster, etc. | 7s. a week | 15s. a week |
Chemists (manufacturing)........................ | 14 | All big towns | 6s. a week | 12s. to 15s. a week |
Chiropodists.............................................. | 16 | All big towns | By commission | £1 to £2 a week |
Church workers......................................... | all ages | All towns and villages Full particulars from vicar of parish | - | - |
Collectors for charity organisations................................................ | all ages | All towns and villages Full particulars from secretaries of organisations | - | - |
Clerks: Commercial. ............................. | 15 | All towns | 10s. a week | 35s. upwds. a week |
Civil Service........................................... | 15 | Apply, Secretary, Civil Service Commissions, London, S.w. | 10s. a week | £3 upwds. a week |
Typewriting......................................... | 16 | All towns | 15s. a week | £1 10s. a week |
Telephone Operators............................... | 17-35 | All towns | 10s. a week | 21s. a week |
Commercial travellers.............................. | 18-25 | All towns | By commission | £1 to £2 a week |
Comb making...... | 14 | Aberdeen | 4s. a week | 10s. to 12s. a week |
Die stamping............................................ | 14 | All towns | 5s. a week | 14s. to 15s. a week |
Dispensers................... | 15 | All towns | £8o a year | £150 a year |
Distillers' labourers.................................... | 16 | Many big towns | 8s. 6d. a week | 10s. to 14s. a week |
Domestic service....................................... | 15 | All towns and villages | £12 a year and board | £25 a year and board |
Drapers' assistants...................................... | 15 | All towns and villages | 4s. to 10s. a week | £1 to £115s. a week |
Dressmakers ......... | 14 | All towns and villages | Nil to 2s. 6d. a week | 15s. to 30s. upwards a week |
Trade or Profession | Age to begin | Principal Towns where carried on | Rate of Wages | |
To begin | Full wage | |||
14 | Redditch | 2s. 6d. a week | 13s. to 17s. a week | |
Florists..................................................... | 14 | All towns | 7s. 6d. a week | 15s. to £1 a week |
Furries..................................................... | 15 | All towns | 2s. 6d. a week | 12s. to 18s. a week |
14 | All towns | 5s. a week | 11s. to 12s. a week | |
Governesses: Private............................. | 21 | All cities and towns | £70 a year | £100 a year |
,, Nursery......................... | 18-21 | All cities and towns | £30 a year | £50 a year |
Hat and cap makers................................ | 14 | Luton | 3s.6d. or 4s.6d. a week | 12s. to 16s. a week |
Hairdressers........................................... | 15 | All towns | 3s. to 8s. a week | 18s. to 30s. a week |
Hosiery................................................... | 14 or 15 | Nottingham | 4s. or 5s. a week | 15s. to 18s. a week |
Inspectors: Shop Hours .......................... | 21 to 40 | All towns | £100 a year | £150 a year |
,, Factories.............................. | 21 to 40 | All towns | £200 a year | £300 a year |
Journalism.............................................. | 15-17 | All towns | 10s. a week | According to ability |
Jute mills (preparing)............................... | 14 | 6s. a week | 9s. 6d. a week | |
Jute spinning........................................... | 14 | Dundee | 6s. a week | 10s. 6d. to 15s. a week |
Jute weaving........................................... | 14 | Dundee | 6s. a week | 12s. to 14s. a week |
Laundry work......................................... | 14 | All towns | 5s. a week | 10s. to 14s. a week |
Laundry forewoman.................................. | By promotion | All towns | 20s. a week | 50s. a week |
Laundry manageress................................. | £3 a week | £4 a week | ||
Linen and cotton mills............................. | 14 | Belfast, etc. | 5s. to 6s. a week | 10s. to 12s. a week |
Linen weaving..... | 14 | Belfast, etc. | 5s. to 7s. a week | 12s. or 13s. upwards |
Library assistants...................................... | 14 to 17 | All big towns | 6s. to 19s. a week | 30s. to £3 a week |
Milliners................................................. | 14 | All big towns | 6s. a week | 16s. to 21s. a week |
Net weaving........................................... | 16 and upwards | Fishing ports | 6s. a week | 10s. to 12s. a week |
15 | All towns | £15 a year | £35 to £50 | |
,, Hospital.................................... | 23 | All towns | £12 a year | £50 a year |
Paint and colour manufactures..................................................... | 14 | All towns | 4s. 6d. a week | 11s. or 12s. a week |
Paper-making mills.................................. | 14 | Most big towns | 4s. 6d. a week | 10s. or 12s. a week |
Picture postcard and view mounting............................................. | 14 | Most big towns | 5s. a week | 11s. or 13s. a week |
Photographers.......................................... | 14 | All big towns | 3s. to 5s. a week | 20s. to 30s. a week |
Pottery works............................................ | 14 | Most big towns | 5s. 6d. a week | 10s. to 15s. a week |
Prison service........................................... | 23 to 40 | Apply by letter to the Secretary, Home Office, London, S.w. | _ | _ |
Provision works......................................... | 15 | All big towns | 5s. a week | 12s. upwds. |
Rag picking ......... | 16 | All towns | 6s. a week | 10s. a week |
Rubber goods workers.............................. | 15 to 18 | All towns | 6s. a week | 12s. a week |
Saddlery................................................... | 15 | Northampton, etc. | 5s. to 6s. | 10s. a week |
School teachers......................................... | 14 | All towns | 4s. a week | £2 10s. a week |
Shop assistants......................................... | 15 to 16 | All towns | 6s. a week | 12s to 15s. a week |
Sweetmeat and jam makers........................ | 14 | All towns | 4s. or 5s. | 11s. a week |
Tailoresses................................................. | 14 | All towns | 5s. a week | £2 a week |
Weavers ........... | 14 or 15 | Manchester | 4s. a week | 18s. a week |
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