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 NOTES AND MEMORANDA 403 CONJUGAL CONDITION AND iESIDENCE. Conjugal Condition ISingle .... IMarried .... IWidowed. . .  Totals. . At home 917 70 45 1,032 Residence. Boarding t Lodging , house. house. 651 100 33 ' 9 23  6 118 23 14 707 115 155 Private family. 48 5 2 55 Present Age. No. Age at beginning No. Time at Work No. Work Under 18 years 131 Under 10 years 9 Under 5 years 426 18-26 ,, 579 10-13 ,, 63 5-10 ,, 300 26-31 ,, 168 13-15 ,, 174 10-15 ,, 178 31 & upwards 154 15-18 ,, 460 15-30 ,, 108 18-21 ,, 207 Over 30 ,, 20 21-31 ,, 95 24 31 & upwards Totals 1,032 1,032 1,032 In 1874 an Act was passed limiting the hours of labour of women and minors to sixty hours a week in manufacturing industries in Massachusetts; this Act was extended in mechanical and mercantile establishments. hours are evidently based on the workers' hours spent in completing work at home. 1883 so as to include The tables of working statements, and include The report states that in the clothing trade girls are often given a fixed amount of work to do in a stated time, and after working the regular hours are obliged to com- plete their task at home. Home work and the application of greater pressure in the factory work, are two means by which the ten-hours Act is somewhat nullified. Actual weekly working hours. Not exceeding 50 hours Over 80 60 ,, .... 70 ,, .... 80 ,, .... Not given. 64 838  43  27  18 990  42 1,032 The inhabitants of Boston have probably been educated up to statistical inquiries; but unless they have reached such a high stage of DD2