The table shows the number of employees and factories producing silk in England and Wales between 1851 and 1901.
A glance at the table provided reveals the striking differences in the figures for employees and factories producing silk over a 50-year period in two countries, namely England and Wales.
Overall, there was an upward trend in the number of factories while that of workers witnessed a downward trend over the given period. As is shown in the table, the figure for total employees in 1851 was the most common.
When it comes to the figure for employees, it is evident that in 1871, that of male and female workers recorded a considerable decline to 38. 102 and 53. 310 respectively. The following 30 years saw a fluctuation around 19. 575 in the former, whereas the latter experienced a drastic plunge to 25. 567.
The figure for factories showed a different trend. In the first 10 years, it underwent a dramatic surge to 761. Despite a fluctuation around 678 from 1871 to 1891, it finally reached 623 at the end of the period
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