OCCUPATIONS OF THE SICK AND INFIRM.—FEMALES., TABLE VI.—Showing the Numbers and Occupations of Females suffering from each description of Infirmity, arranged in Classes, Orders, and Sub-orders, and Distinct Occupations—continued.
Class. Order. Sub-order. Occupations. Total Cases of Infirmity. Sickness. Accidents. Deafmuteism. Blindness. Eye Affections. Lunacy. Idiocy. Epilepsy. Paralysis. Lameness, Mutilation, Deformity, &c.
DISTINCT CALLINGS—continued.
III. 7 3 Wine, beer, and spirit merchant 1 1
Grocer, tea-dealer ; wife assisting 8 5 2 1
8 5 Florist 1 1
6 Rag, waste paper—picker 1 1
9 1 Brick dealer 1 1
Crockery shop keeper 1 1
11 1 General dealer 3 1 2
Commercial clerk, clerk undefined 6 4 1 1
Shopkeeper, shopman ; wife assisting 41 33 1 5 2
Hawker, pedler 4 1 1 1 1
Saleswoman, undefined 6 3 2 1
Caretaker, undefined 4 3 1
13 1 Railway gatekeeper 12 6 1 1 4
4 Post and telegraph service 4 4
IV. 14 1 Printer, embosser, bookbinder 3 2 1
4 Brush, broom—maker 6 6
6 Pattern designer 1 1
11 Carriage trimmer 1 1
14 House painter 1 1
15 1 Weaver 1 1
Lace maker 2 2
2 Tailoress 69 48 4 2 2 11 1 1
Milliner and dressmaker 205 134 9 11 1 34 1 3 12
Hat, cap, bonnet—maker 3 1 1 1
Shoe, boot—maker 11 7 1 1 1 1
Knitter 10 3 6 1
Feather dresser 1 1
Sewing machinist, seamstress 89 51 3 2 18 2 4 9
15 3 Mat, rope, bag—maker 3 1 1 1
16 1 Butter maker 1 1
2 Baker 3 1 1 1
Biscuit, confectionery—manufacturer 2 1 1
3 Cordial manufacturer 1 1
Pickle maker 1 1
17 4 Paper bag, box—maker 2 1 1
18 2 Gold chaser 1 1
3 Whitesmith 2 2
21 1 Vagrant 7 3 4
V. 22 1 Farmer, market-gardener 37 27 1 1 1 3 4
Wife, daughter, relative—assisting 38 12 7 4 1 3 6 1 1 3
Farm servant 6 1 4 1
2 Squatter, grazier, dairy farmer 2 1 1
Wife, daughter, relative—assisting 37 28 4 1 1 2 1
3 Bee-keeper 1 1
VI. 23 1 Annuitant (so returned) 18 9 1 1 4 3
Independent means (so returned) 606 461 28 10 2 1 5 8 65 26
VII. 24 1 Wife 2,729 1,733 53 14 93 12 481 5 41 142 155
Daughter, relative 1,627 913 52 77 103 25 60 82 122 104 89
Visitor, lodger (no other occupation stated) 102 87 3 2 3 2 5
Others employed (if at all) in household duties 502 145 6 2 16 308 3 1 9 12
2 Scholar at home 86 43 8 5 1 2 2 14 11
Scholar at State school 294 209 14 2 11 11 12 35
Scholar at private school 65 39 2 1 1 1 1 7 13
Scholar at school not stated 72 56 3 3 1 4 2 3
25 1 Inmate of hospital 383 346 10 2 13 1 2 9
Inmate of benevolent asylum (including Immigrants' Home) 255 162 10 2 29 1 13 4 29 5
Inmate of Orphan asylum (including those boarded out) 3 3
Inmate of Industrial school (including those boarded out) 25 2 1 5 3 1 2 11
Inmate of almshouse 6 4 1 1
Inmate of refuge 14 7 1 2 4
Pauper, beggar 9 6 3
Others dependent on charity 73 1 21 39 9 3
2 Inmate of gaol or penal establishment 1 1
Occupation not stated 405 99 24 16 266