HC Deb 06 April 1954 vol 526 c23W
89. Colonel Clarke

asked the Minister of Labour the numbers of workers employed during each of the years 1949 to 1952 in coal mining, agriculture, transport and the merchant marine; and how many fatal accidents, expressed as a percentage

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES IN THE UNDERMENTIONED COUNTIES AT END-MAY, 1953
Industry Orkney Islands Shetland Islands Counties of Caithness, Ross and Cromarty, Sutherland, Inverness and Argyll*
Males Females Males Females Males Females
Agriculture and horticulture … 430 130 170 30 6,660 670
Forestry … — — — — 2,320 240
Fishing … 10 — 450 — 1,540 10
Non-Ferrous metals, smelting, rolling. etc … — — — — 1,340 220
Woollen and worsted … 10 — 70 30 670 380
Building … 340 10 390 10 4,930 170
Civil engineering contracting … 130 — 580 10 6,880 150
Distributive trades … 370 270 450 310 3,190 3,600
Professional services … 120 330 110 380 1,960 4,240
Catering, hotels, etc … 30 80 30 130 1,420 3,920
All other industries and services … 1,400 130 1,420 570 19,220 6,790
Total all industries and services … 2,840 950 3,670 1,470 50,130 20,390
*Owing to the fact that the boundaries of employment exchange areas do not coincide with county boundaries it is not possible to provide separate figures for each of these counties.