§ Mr. CLOWESasked the Home Secretary whether he will give information as to the number of glost placers and dippers, male and female, employed in the pottery industry for the year 1907, 1914, and 1926 in the following sections of the
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pottery industry: general earthenware, sanitary earthenware, china, glazed wall and hearth tiles, electrical porcelain fittings, Rockingham, and jet, giving separately the number of males and females in each section of the industry and also for the North Staffordshire district and other districts, respectively?
§ Sir W. JOYNSON-HICKSThe table set out below gives the particulars asked for by the hon. Member for the years 1907 and 1912. No similar returns have been obtained since 1912, and I regret, therefore, that corresponding figures for 1914 and 1926 are not available.
The hon. Member might perhaps find it useful to refer to the table which appears each year in the Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories in regard to the medical examinations made by the certifying surgeons under the various codes of Regulations for dangerous trades. This tables gives the total number of the monthly examinations of male and female workers in the pottery industry who are employed in the dipping house and as glost placers, and some estimate can thus be obtained of the total number of persons of both sexes employed in these occupations. The table does not, however, give any separate figures for the different sections of the industry or for particular districts, and does not, of course, furnish any particulars for the leadless and low solubility glaze factories where medical examinations are not required.
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NUMBER of Dippers and Glost Placers employed in Potteries in 1907 and 1912. Area—Section of Industry. Dippers.* Glost Placers. 1907. 1912. 1907. 1912. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. Males. Females. North Staffordshire 504 107 525 127 1,853 80 2,104 75 China 95 1 99 1 219 — 217 7 Earthenware 310 27 320 8 1,340 33 1,394 10 Tiles 39 43 27 56 60 25 172 — Majolica 9 16 13 11 44 — 27 — Jet and rockingham 22 — 28 — 89 — 138 1 China furniture 5 20 16 50 24 22 51 55 Sanitary ware 24 — 22 1 77 — 105 2 Other parts of the country 282 43 298 42 438 40 455 35 China 12 7 21 3 33 3 27 1 Earthenware 149 21 162 14 268 29 261 29 Tiles 36 9 77 20 51 5 57 1 Majolica 8 2 11 2 7 — 20 — Jet and rockingham 8 4 7 — 24 — 31 — China furniture — — — 2 1 — — 4 Sanitary ware 19 — 20 1 54 3 59 — United Kingdom 786 150 823 169 2,291 120 2,559 110 China 107 8 120 4 252 3 244 8 Earthenware 459 48 482 22 1,608 62 1,655 39 Tiles 125 52 104 76 111 30 229 1 Majolica 17 18 24 13 51 — 47 — Jet and rockingham 30 4 35 — 113 — 169 1 China furniture 5 20 16 52 i 25 22 51 59 Sanitary ware 43 — 42 2 131 3 164 2 * Excluding dippers' assistants.