| Thomas Abercrombie Welton - 1860 - 194 pages
...density of manufacturers of the class now before us was 81 men, and 130 women, per square mile ; being 34 per cent. of the men, and 50 per cent. of the women, inhabiting the district. The silk manufacturing district of Macelesfield also includes three registration... | |
| Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1867 - 974 pages
...of Ross and Cromarty seem to be in the most backward state relative to elementary education, only 67 per cent, of the men, and 50 per cent, of the women being able to write their names. Inverness comes next, only 74 per cent, of the men, and 51 per cent... | |
| Arthur Cayley Headlam - 1885 - 524 pages
...at all are made, as a rule, by any of the upper classes, unless official interests require it ; 75 per cent, of the men and 50 per cent, of the women in those same classes never go to confession, communion, or church ; confession certificates are habitually... | |
| 1895 - 638 pages
...ta missionary for the province of Yunnan represents very well the whole empire. Ho says: "Quite 80 per cent of the men and 50 per cent of the women take this pernicious drug, which undermines the constitution and ruins the health. It shortens the... | |
| 1902 - 970 pages
...mines four farsakhs (16 miles) in length. Opium is the curse of the country. Omirdin told me that 75 per cent, of the men and 50 per cent, of the women are opium smokers. While wandering through the town I saw many of the shops were closed for no apparent... | |
| 1903 - 668 pages
...teacher who did them most good. Eighty- one per cent, of the men, 50 per cent, of the women testified in favor of men teachers. The kinds of influences...interest, encouragement at crises, sympathy when things seem crushing, self-reliance, hints in social graces. Among the men who testified women teachers had... | |
| Leonardo Bianchi - 1906 - 930 pages
...it was combined with other aetiological factors. On the other hand, hereditary taint was found in 30 per cent. of the men and 50 per cent, of the women. With these examples I have sought to prove that even in the most recent times the contradictory character... | |
| United States. Bureau of Manufactures - 1907 - 1014 pages
...jewelry boxes and cases. The largest firm employs 280 people, one-half of whom are females. About 20 per cent of the men and 50 per cent of the women are under 20 years of age. The average wages paid to female workers is from 15 to 25 pfennigs (4 to... | |
| 1909 - 740 pages
...Rothschuh did not come across a case amongst the Nicaraguans, although it was estimated that at least 70 per cent, of the men and 50 per cent, of the women suffered from syphilis. It is only a few years since Japan became civilised according to Western notions.... | |
| 1905 - 950 pages
...1870 and 1896, whose instructors had averaged 40 per cent, men to 60 per cent, women. He found that 81 per cent, of the men, and 50 per cent, of the women testified in favor of men teachers. He believes that women teachers seem best for the period of childhood,... | |
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