1895 that we begin to find, in the Reports published since 1900 by the Factory Inspectors (Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops for the year 1898: London, 1900), information which permits us to get a general idea about the distribution of working men in factories of different sizes, and the extension that the petty trades have retained in this country up till now.130 One may see it already from the following little table for the year 1897, which I take from the just-mentioned Report. These figures are not yet complete, especially as regards the workshops, but they contain already the greater part of the English industries.
| 1897 | Number of factories and workshops. | Number of operatives of both sexes. | Average number of operatives per establishment. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Total... | 178,756 | 4,483,800 | 25 |
| Textile factories.. | 10,883 | 1,051,564 | 97 |
| Non-textile factories | 79,059 | 2,755,460 | 35 |
| Various workshops. | 88,814 | 676,776 | 8 |
Let me remark that the Factory Inspectors consider as a workshop every industrial establishment which has no mechanical motive power, and as a factory every establishment provided with steam, gas, water, or electric power.
These figures, however, are not complete, because only those workshops are included where women and children are employed, as also all the bakeries. The