OCCUPATIONS OF FEMALES, 1891.,—SPECIFIC OCCUPATIONS., TABLE LXXII.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Females (exclusive of Chinese and Aborigines) at various Periods of Age of different Occupations in Classified Arrangement.
| Class. |
Order. |
Sub-order. |
Occupations. |
Total. |
Number of Females at each Period of Age. |
| Under 5 Years. |
5 to 15 |
15 to 20 |
20 to 25 |
25 to 45 |
45 to 65 |
65 and Upwards. |
Unspecified. |
|
|
|
Total |
541,146 |
73,319 |
120,550 |
57,452 |
62,126 |
142,276 |
67,791 |
15,657 |
1,975 |
|
|
|
Total of specified Occupations |
539,725 |
73,319 |
120,550 |
57,361 |
61,987 |
142,076 |
67,517 |
15,633 |
1,282 |
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PROFESSIONAL. |
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|
|
|
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|
| I. |
1 |
1 |
Government department, officer of (not otherwise classed or undefined)* |
37 |
|
|
|
8 |
24 |
3 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
Others ministering to general government* |
29 |
|
|
1 |
2 |
14 |
11 |
1 |
|
|
|
2 |
Municipal body, officer of (not surveyor or draughtsman)* |
4 |
|
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Others administering to local government, including poundkeeper, municipal hall, office-keeper, &c.* |
8 |
|
|
|
|
6 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Law clerk |
6 |
|
|
1 |
4 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Penal (all ranks) |
85 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
73 |
8 |
|
|
|
2 |
1 |
Irregular clergy (no other occupation stated) |
4 |
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Church officer |
5 |
|
|
|
1 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
Member of religious order not ministering to charity or education |
240 |
|
1 |
|
12 |
172 |
51 |
3 |
1 |
|
|
|
Others ministering to religion, including Salvation army officer, bible-reader, mission agent, &c. |
182 |
|
1 |
29 |
71 |
63 |
15 |
3 |
|
|
|
2 |
Charity department, officer of |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Charitable institution (not hospital), officer (not medical practitioner), attendant of |
303 |
|
|
25 |
99 |
124 |
52 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
Sister of charity of mercy, Little Sister of the Poor |
71 |
|
|
1 |
23 |
47 |
|
|
|
|
|
3 |
Medical practitioner |
1 |
|
|
|
|
1 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Irregular medical practitioner including clairvoyant, herbalist, mesmerist, masseuse, &c. |
29 |
|
|
2 |
2 |
21 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Medical student |
8 |
|
|
2 |
4 |
2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dentist |
6 |
|
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
|
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|
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Pharmaceutical chemist, druggist |
26 |
|
|
8 |
8 |
5 |
5 |
|
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|
|
|
Hospital officer not medical practitioner, attendant |
86 |
|
|
24 |
28 |
26 |
7 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
Hospital nurse |
266 |
|
|
17 |
84 |
161 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
|
Midwife, monthly nurse |
930 |
|
|
5 |
7 |
123 |
706 |
75 |
14 |
|
|
|
Sick nurse (not hospital) |
615 |
|
|
4 |
48 |
341 |
15 |
200 |
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Others ministering to health, including wet nurse, private hospital proprietor, &c. |
8 |
|
|
|
1 |
4 |
3 |
|
|
|
|
4 |
Author, editor, journalist |
28 |
|
|
1 |
4 |
16 |
7 |
|
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|
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Reporter, shorthand writer |
6 |
|
|
2 |
|
4 |
|
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Others ministering to literature, including lecturer, translator, university graduate (no occupation stated) |
7 |
|
|
|
|
5 |
2 |
|
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|
5 |
Phrenologist |
1 |
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|
1 |
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|
7 |
Education department—officer of |
3 |
|
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|
3 |
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|
|
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University, college—professor, lecturer, demonstrator |
15 |
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|
11 |
4 |
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