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THE AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY

SUMMARY OF FACTORY INSPECTION IN THE GARMENT TRADES. I. CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY, 1893-9.'

Year

Number of Shops Inspected

Females under Sixteen

Malts under Sixteen

Total Chil- dren under Sixteen

Females ayer Sixteen

Males over Sixteen

Total Employes

1893

704

595

3,617

2,611

6,823

1894

1895 1896 1897 1898

1,413 1,715 2,378

3,688

2,040

i.Vs'i

1, 060 1,415

126

128 323

721

1,307 1,188

1,738 1,624

5,912 7,780

7,181

16,580 11,015

4,469 5,817 6,383 13,647 13,072

11,102 14,904 M,752 3L965 25,711

1899

3,674

1,847

298

2,145

18,332

15,376

35,853

II. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, 1 898.=

Number

Females

Males

Total Chil-

Females

Males

of Shops Inspected

under Sixteen

under Sixteen

dren under Sixteen

over Sixteen

over

Sixteen

Employes

Chicago

2,040

1,624

11,015

13,072

25,711

New York city

5,532

592

266

858

29,938

40,081

70,877

N. Y. state and city

8,920

1,219

656

1,875

45,785

55,884

103,544

III. CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, l8g8. 3

Total Number of Employes in all Industries

Total Number of Employes in Garment Trades

Percentage of Garm't Workers of all Employes

Chicago

251,556

25,711

12.2 percent

Illinois

351,057

25,711

7.3

New York state. ..

700 41 <?

103. ^44

14.8 "

The work started in Illinois with Mrs. Florence Kelley as chief inspector. The falling off in the number of shops vis- ited in 1898 was due to increased work of the inspectors in other lines. The Illinois reports for 1897 an ^ l %9% rurn i sn a few other interesting facts. In 1897, 50 per cent, of the 3,688 shops were in tenements and 50 per cent, in shop buildings ; 8 per cent, were in basements ; 24, or ^ of I per cent., were over sheds or stables; 685, or i8 per cent., were in living-rooms;

1 See Illinois State Factory Reports, 1893-9 ; Report for 1898, p. 13.

See New York State Factory Report for 1898, p. 41.

3 See Illinois Report for 1898, p. 13, and New York Report for 1898, pp. 19, 41.