Table 26.—Domestic Servants kept by Private Families and Special Establishments in Melbourne and Suburbs.
Description of Household. Total Households in Melbourne and Suburbs. Households Without Servants. Households With Servants. Number of Servants Kept.
Number. Persons. Number. Persons. Total. Number With— Total. Males. Females.
Households. Persons. One Servant. Two Servants. Three Servants. Four Servants. Five Servants. Six Servants. Seven Servants. Eight Servants. Nine Servants. Ten Servants and Over.
Private families 91,711 442,923 81,727 385,002 9,984 57,921 8,041 1,268 414 160 56 20 11 7 2 5 13,080 1,288 11,792
Special Establishments—
Housekeeping unions 63 342 58 303 5 39 2 3 8 3 5
Hotels 1,083 8,873 289 1,722 794 7,151 340 220 79 48 29 26 20 5 4 23 2,013 476 1,537
Boarding-houses 2,364 18,255 2,041 14,509 323 3,746 235 48 7 14 5 5 3 1 2 3 543 74 479
Coffee palaces, &c. 22 1,082 1 3 21 1,079 2 3 2 3 1 1 9 188 46 132
Boarding schools 62 1,300 12 78 50 1,222 7 10 11 3 7 1 2 1 8 240 60 180
Religious houses 31 2,036 15 1,287 16 749 6 7 2 1 38 7 31
Hospitals 36 1,702 5 78 31 1,624 5 4 5 6 1 1 2 3 4 174 28 146
Lunatic Asylums, Gaols, Reformatories, &c. 14 3,337 10 1,064 4 2,273 1 2 1 18 1 17
Benevolent Institutions, &c. 45 3,363 25 1,372 20 1,991 4 3 2 1 3 3 4 98 30 68
Other Establishments 15 169 1 7 14 162 7 3 2 1 1 42 22 20
Total Melbourne and Suburbs 95,446 483,382 84,184 405,425 11,262 77,957 8,650 1,566 523 237 106 57 38 18 9 58 16,442 2,035 14,407