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Appendix
TABLE I.—Census Returns of
1000 Families of Factory Hands in Coventry, and 1000 Families of
Agricultural Labourers in Warwickshire, grouped according to the Age of the Mother and the Number
of Children in the Family.
Number of Children in Family
0.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Age of
Mother
Age of
Mother
24 to 25
28
17
40
31
24
32
12
10
2
1
1
...
...
...
...
24 to 25
26 „ 27
19
18
36
24
36
28
23
26
8
8
...
..
.
...
...
...
...
..
.. 26 „ 27
28 „ 29
18
17
32
16
20
33
36
23
14
23
6
6
4
1
2
...
...
...
... 28 „ 29
30 „ 31
13
4
23
18
24
21 28[1]
31
18
22
12
15
2
5
...
2
...
1
...
... 30 „ 31
32,, 33
18
11
16
14
19
13 22[1]
27
23
26
21
25
9
5
...
1
...
2
...
... 32 „ 33
34 ,, 35
14
15
11
6
17
16
28
18
31
34
14
18
12
9
5
3
...
1
... 34 ,, 35
36 ,, 37
12
17
4
11
10
13
22
14
16
20
15
2,5
12
10
4
5
5
2
..
... 36 „ 37
38 ,, 39
8
6
9
15
14
17
16
21
22
23
14
22
to
15
6
7
...
2
1
... 38 „ 39
40
8
7
3
10
8
9
13
14
8
10
7
11
3
9
7
7
2
1
40
Total
within
outline
96
67
158
109
116
111
171
149
Total within
outline.
Total
between
outlines
42
45
16
36
56
71
29
35
142
166
90 123
Total
between
outlines.
Total
beyond
outline .
52
54
24
25
7
9
1
... Total
beyond
outline.
[1] These three cases are anomalous, the Factory being less than the Agricultural. In the instance of 20—33, the
anomaly is double, because the sequence of the figures shows that neither of these can be correct; certainly not the
first of them.
Note.—It will be observed to the left of the outline, that is, in the upper and left hand of the table, where the
mothers are young and the children few, the factory families predominate, while the agricultural are the most
numerous between the outlines, that is especially in the middle of the table, where the mothers are less young, and
the families are from four to five in number. The two are equally numerous to the right of the outlines, that is, to the
right of the table, where the families are large
