Table 25
Occupations of Women, Northern District 1911 and 1921,
and Southern District 1911.
Southern
Occupation
Northern
Northern
District:
District:
District:
Agricultural occupations
97 2%
71.4%
1820 80 2%
Fisherwomen
05%
44%
11%
Masons and allied trades
0.0% 55
04%
Carpenters
00%
0.0%
Foodstuff sellers
01%
04%
09%
|(See Table 26)
Embroiderers
Seamstresses etc
Silversmiths and jewellers Shopkeepers and assistants
00%
0.0% 10
0.4%
02%
135% 28
12%
―
01%
00%
01%#
03%
Grass-cutters, charcoal
09%
20%
06%
burners, and other fuels
Weavers and allied trades
0.4%
Shoemakers
0,0%
0.5%
Doctors and druggists
00%
0.2%
Coolies and general
03%
0.1%
111%
labourers
Hawkers
07%
Basketry and rattan
0,0%
0.0%
01%
Joss stick dealers
00%
Nuns, fortune tellers.
01%
08%
0.3%
temple keepers
0.0%
Marriage brokers
Midwife
00%
0.0%
Rent collectors
00%
Domestic servants
01%
13% 13
0.6%
Mui tsai
1.0%
―
Washerwomen
02%
0.0%
Cooks
I 1%
06%
Restaurant and teahouse
keepers
00%
00%
Boarding house keepers
00%
Rope spinners
0 2%
Netmakers
00%
0.2%
Hairdressers
00%
01%
Boalmen⚫
97% 3
01%
Government service
00%
Prostitutes
IL
05%
Beggars
01%
Students
02%
21 09%
Teachers
TOTAL
00% 14386 100%
01%
12320 100%
→Includes New Kowloon
# Includes | blacksmith, I paper dealer, I shop accountant, and 12 shop ass stants (See Table 24
Table 25
Occupations of Women, Northern District 1911 and 1921,
and Southern District 1911.
Southern
Occupation
Northern
Northern
District:
District:
District:
1911
1921
1911*
Agricultural occupations
13982
97 2%
8792
71.4%
1820 80 2%
Fisherwomen
75
05%
546
44%
25
11%
Masons and allied trades
2
0.0% 55
04%
Carpenters
2
00%
6
0.0%
Foodstuff sellers
21
01%
61
04%
20
09%
|(See Table 26)
Embroiderers
Seamstresses etc
Silversmiths and jewellers Shopkeepers and assistants
2
00%
1
0.0% 10
0.4%
36
02%
1669
135% 28
12%
2
―
01%
00%
15
01%#
7
03%
Grass-cutters, charcoal
130
09%
245
20%
13
06%
burners, and other fuels
Weavers and allied trades
48
0.4%
Shoemakers
2
0,0%
12
0.5%
Doctors and druggists
2
00%
31
0.2%
Coolies and general
50
03%
21
0.1%
253
111%
labourers
Hawkers
97
07%
Basketry and rattan
2
0,0%
3
0.0%
2
01%
Joss stick dealers
2
00%
Nuns, fortune tellers.
18
01%
107
08%
0.3%
temple keepers
0.0%
Marriage brokers
Midwife
4
00%
0.0%
Rent collectors
6
00%
—
Domestic servants
12
01%
159
13% 13
0.6%
Mui tsai
—
119
1.0%
―
Washerwomen
77
02%
1
0.0%
Cooks
-
141
I 1%
13
06%
Restaurant and teahouse
3
keepers
00%
3
00%
Boarding house keepers
3
00%
Rope spinners
4
0 2%
Netmakers
3
00%
4
0.2%
Hairdressers
00%
3
01%
Boalmen⚫
97
97% 3
01%
Government service
3
00%
Prostitutes
IL
05%
Beggars
1
01%
Students
33
02%
21 09%
Teachers
6
TOTAL
00% 14386 100%
13
01%
12320 100%
2270 100
→Includes New Kowloon
# Includes | blacksmith, I paper dealer, I shop accountant, and 12 shop ass stants (See Table 24
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