OCCUPATIONS OF CHINESE, 1891.—FEMALES., TABLE LXXVI.—Showing, according to the Census taken on the 5th April, 1891, the Number of Chinese Females at all Ages and under and over Twenty Years of Age of different Occupations.
| Order. |
Sub-order. |
Occupations of Chinese Females. |
Numbers. |
| All Ages. |
Under 20 Years. |
Over 20 Years. |
|
|
Total |
605 |
470 |
135 |
| 2 |
2 |
Servant, convent |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
3 |
Hospital nurse |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Midwife |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Nurse |
3 |
3 |
|
|
7 |
Teacher, State school |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Schoolmistress, pupil teacher |
1 |
1 |
|
| 3 |
2 |
Housekeeper |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
Domestic servant |
16 |
15 |
1 |
| 5 |
4 |
Fancy-goods dealer |
1 |
|
1 |
| 6 |
2 |
Boot fitter |
1 |
1 |
|
| 11 |
1 |
Shopkeeper, wife assisting |
2 |
|
2 |
| 15 |
1 |
Weaver |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2 |
Tailoress |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
Dressmaker |
8 |
8 |
|
|
|
Machinist |
1 |
1 |
|
| 24 |
1 |
Wife |
82 |
6 |
76 |
|
|
Daughter, relative |
224 |
203 |
21 |
|
|
Visitor |
6 |
1 |
5 |
|
|
Others employed (if at all) in household duties |
25 |
2 |
23 |
|
2 |
Scholar at home |
24 |
24 |
|
|
|
Scholar at State school |
166 |
166 |
|
|
|
Scholar at private school |
20 |
20 |
|
|
|
Scholar at school unspecified |
16 |
16 |
|
| 25 |
1 |
Inmate of hospital * |
1 |
|
1 |